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Legal Update: Expanding the school census

    Features
  • Tuesday, September 27, 2016
  • | CYP Now
New guidance on the collection of school census data should not affect any child's right to access compulsory education, writes Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Legal Update: Legal aid for children at risk

    Other
  • Tuesday, September 13, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Kelly Reeve, team leader and senior legal consultant for the Child Law Advice Service, considers the legal aid rules for children at risk of abuse and examines how the law leaves this group more vulnerable to harm.

Legal Update: The costs of immigration

    Other
  • Tuesday, July 5, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Rising costs of making an immigration application or challenging a decision is set against the backdrop of ever-changing, complex rules, says Jessica Evans, outreach solicitor at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Legal Update: Covert recordings as evidence

    Other
  • Tuesday, June 21, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Kelly Reeve, senior legal consultant and team leader for the Child Law Advice Service, considers the implications of cases concerning the use of covert recordings as evidence in family law proceedings.

SEN reforms: Fewer than one in five children transferred

    News
  • Thursday, May 26, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Fewer than one in five children with special educational needs (SEN) have been successfully transferred onto an education, health and care (EHC) plan as part of government efforts to transform the system, it has emerged.

Legal Update: Migrant children's citizenship

    Other
  • Tuesday, May 24, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Social services need to consider the immigration status of migrant children taken into care. Stewart MacLachlan, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, explores the option of applying for British citizenship.

Legal Update: Reforming alternative provision

    Other
  • Tuesday, April 26, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Kelly Reeve, senior legal consultant for the Child Law Advice Service, examines the recent proposals for reforming alternative provision and the impact this might have for children at risk of exclusion.

Legal Update: Trafficking victims and families

    Other
  • Tuesday, March 15, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Frances Trevena, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the gaps in service provision for families and child victims of trafficking and how this group can be better supported.