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Immigration and nationality legal aid

    Features
  • Tuesday, January 28, 2020
    • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs at Coram Children’s Legal Centre, examines the implications of recent changes to legal aid for separated children with immigration cases.

Unregistered children’s homes: Legal Update

    Features
  • Thursday, January 2, 2020
    • | CYP Now
As the number of children being taken into care continues to rise, Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at concerns regarding unregulated and unregistered children’s homes.

Age of criminal responsibility

    Other
  • Thursday, January 2, 2020
    • | CYP Now
The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales remains one of the lowest in the world after it is raised in Scotland from eight to 12.

'Free' early education entitlement

    Features
  • Tuesday, October 29, 2019
    • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs at Coram, examines the expansion of the funded early education entitlement to include children in families who have no recourse to public funds.

Assessing suitable education at home

    Other
  • Tuesday, October 29, 2019
    • | CYP Now
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has reminded councils they must be clear with parents of home-schooled children whether home visits are routine or triggered by specific concerns.

Legal Q&A: What is sexting?

    Features
  • Monday, September 30, 2019
    • | CYP Now
Sexting is the exchange of sexual messages or self-generated sexual images or videos through a mobile phone network or the internet.

Support for special guardians

    Features
  • Monday, September 23, 2019
    • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at calls for changes to special guardianship orders to ensure that carers are adequately prepared and supported.

Legal Q&A: What is Section 67?

Section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 (sometimes known as the "Dubs amendment") placed a requirement on the Home Office to "make arrangements to relocate to the United Kingdom and support a specified number of unaccompanied refugee children from other countries in Europe". The government has committed to transferring 480 children from France, Greece and Italy under section 67.

Separated children in care

Stewart MacLachlan, senior legal & policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at recent changes for separated children in care and what professionals should consider when working with them.

Separated children in care

Stewart MacLachlan, senior legal & policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at recent changes for separated children in care and what professionals should consider when working with them.

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