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Legal Update: Trafficking and safe passages

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  • Tuesday, February 28, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Frances Trevena, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, considers a report that highlights failings in the UK government's response to addressing child trafficking.

Legal Update: Special guardianship orders

Serious case review highlights need for rigorous assessments when placing a child with a special guardian, writes Kamena Dorling, head of policy & programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Legal Update: Mental health detention

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  • Tuesday, January 3, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Lauren Morling and Sihana Bina of Coram International set out requirements when detaining children for mental health reasons and what changes are needed to respect young people's rights.

Legal Update: Legal aid changes

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  • Tuesday, February 28, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Richard Oldershaw, senior legal consultant at Coram Children's Legal Centre's Child Law Advice Service, looks at the impact of changes to legal aid arrangements on children's access to justice.

Legal Update: Exclusions guidance withdrawn

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  • Tuesday, February 17, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Kirsten Anderson, research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines a legal challenge against the Education Secretary that has led to the withdrawal of controversial new exclusions guidance.

Legal Q&A: What is sexting?

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  • 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.

Legal: Illegal Migration Act – an update

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  • Wednesday, August 30, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Stewart MacLachlan, legal and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, assesses the final version of the controversial legislation and its potential impact on children and agencies.

Denying refugee children protection

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  • Tuesday, August 31, 2021
  • | CYP Now
With new asylum legislation going through parliament, Joyinola Layonu, legal and policy assistant at the Migrant Children’s Project at Coram Children’s Legal Centre, looks at concerns for children’s rights.

Legal Q&A: What is PSHE?

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  • Thursday, September 6, 2018
  • | CYP Now
The PSHE Association defines personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) as "a non-statutory curriculum subject which develops the knowledge, skills and attributes all pupils need in order to keep healthy and safe and to prepare them for life and work in modern Britain".

County lines: child victims of crime

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  • Tuesday, October 30, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines new measures intended to improve the response to county lines and child criminal exploitation.

Legal Update: How to tackle repeat removals

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  • Tuesday, October 31, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, explores the need to address the problems of parents who lose successive children in repeat care proceedings.