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Legal Update: Care leavers and the 'local offer'

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  • Tuesday, September 26, 2017
    • | CYP Now
Stewart MacLachlan, legal & policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at recent changes in leaving care support, including the introduction of the "local offer" and support for young migrants.

School admissions framework: Legal update

The current primary school admissions process continues to lead to poorer outcomes for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children, says Richard Oldershaw of the Child Law Advice Service.

Legal Update: Rights over exclusions

Machela Boampong, senior paralegal at Coram Children’s Legal Centre, and Dr Simon Gallacher, a freelance education research and policy adviser, on an analysis of school exclusions in North Kensington in London.

Legal Update: Migrant looked-after children

With one in 10 children in care being non-British, local authorities need to do more to identify and address their needs, says Marianne Lagrue, policy manager at Coram Children’s Legal Centre.

Legal update: Advocacy and school inclusion

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  • Tuesday, September 26, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Dr Anna Harris, clinical psychologist at Coram’s Creative Therapies team and Qaisar Sheikh, head of education law at Coram Children’s Legal Centre, outline an approach to tackling school exclusion.

School admission codes revised

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  • Wednesday, December 14, 2011
    • | CYP Now
Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at whether proposed new regulations promote better access to education for vulnerable children

Legal Update: Is there any legal aid safety net?

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  • Tuesday, January 6, 2015
    • | CYP Now
The safeguard for those needing legal assistance in areas of law not generally covered by legal aid has not been working, explains Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Legal Update: Illegal Migration Bill

Marianne Lagrue, policy and programmes manager in the Migrant Children's Project at Coram Children's Legal Centre, assesses the Illegal Migration Bill's impact on children and agencies.

Legal Update: Keeping children in care safe

CoramBAAF head of policy, research and development James Bury on how the vital role of health professionals for care safeguarding was explored at this year’s CoramBAAF Health Conference.

Legal Update: Care and immigration status

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  • Wednesday, December 22, 2021
    • | CYP Now
Aayad Lami, solicitor at Coram Children’s Legal Centre, explains what support councils should provide to non-British children in care to ensure their immigration issues are identified earlier.

Legal Update: Discharge of SGOs

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  • Tuesday, February 1, 2022
    • | CYP Now
Leonie Jordan, associate legal consultant at CoramBAAF, highlights some of the complex issues and potential instabilities surrounding the process for discharging special guardianship orders.

Legal Update: Tackling family court delays

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  • Tuesday, January 31, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Children's welfare is being harmed by ongoing backlogs in the family court process which need to be addressed urgently says Richard Oldershaw, senior legal adviser at Coram's Child Law Advice Service.

Legal Update: UN adopts complaints protocol

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  • Monday, January 23, 2012
    • | CYP Now
Children whose rights have been violated will soon be able to complain to an international committee, writes Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Legal Update: Shared responsibility

Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines how local authorities are meeting the needs of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

Child protection in sport

    Features
  • Monday, October 15, 2012
    • | CYP Now
Sport should be hugely fulfilling, but it can lead to negative experiences for children and forms of abuse, warns Ruth Barnes, international research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre

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