Legal Update: Court Report - Application for adoption order
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- Monday, October 12, 2015 | CYP Now
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Legal Update: Review of special guardianship
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- Monday, September 14, 2015 | CYP Now
Kirsten Anderson, research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines a government consultation that will review the use of special guardianship, first introduced in 2005.
Legal Update: Court Report - 'Lessons' to help European nationals
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- Monday, September 14, 2015 | CYP Now
Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Vulnerable young people in B&Bs
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- Monday, August 31, 2015 | CYP Now
The Local Government Ombudsman has reiterated that B&B accommodation is not suitable to house homeless young people.
Legal Update: Young people stay put to get ahead
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- Monday, August 31, 2015 | CYP Now
Care leavers are still not reaching their full potential. Amber Rowsell, trainee solicitor at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines whether an increase in the use of staying put arrangements could be the answer.
Children's charity closures prompt leaders to call for investigation
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- Tuesday, August 18, 2015 | CYP Now
The collapse of Kids Company and the British Association for Adoption & Fostering has raised questions over the charities' management. CYP Now assesses the factors behind the closures and what impact they will have.
Legal Update: In a Nutshell - New court order to combat FGM
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- Monday, August 3, 2015 | CYP Now
This month, a new provision came into effect, which provides for the imposition of Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders.
Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Wardship
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- Monday, August 3, 2015 | CYP Now
Q. What is wardship and when is it used?
Legal Update: Government rights failings exposed
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- Monday, July 6, 2015 | CYP Now
Children's charities have launched a damning report highlighting the government's failure to prioritise children, reports Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.
Legal Update: Poverty as immigration control
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- Monday, June 22, 2015 | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the situation of vulnerable families with "no recourse to public funds", due to their immigration status.
Legal Update: In a Nutshell - British citizenship for children
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- Monday, June 22, 2015 | CYP Now
A child born in the UK does not automatically acquire British citizenship simply by virtue of having been born here.
Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Legal representation in contact case ruling
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- Tuesday, June 9, 2015 | CYP Now
A recent case concerned the funding of a legal representative for a father to avoid him having to cross-examine his daughter in court.
Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Private fostering
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- Tuesday, June 9, 2015 | CYP Now
Q: What is private fostering and when is a private foster carer required to notify the local authority?
Legal Update: Queen's Speech - What's in it for children?
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- Monday, June 8, 2015 | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, Policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the new government's proposed policy and legislative agenda for children and young people.
Legal Update: In a Nutshell - The law on surrogacy and its implications
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- Monday, May 25, 2015 | CYP Now
Surrogacy, where a woman becomes pregnant with the intention of giving the child to someone else after birth, raises crucial legal issues.
Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Personal adviser
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- Monday, May 25, 2015 | CYP Now
Q. What is the role of a personal adviser?
Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Special guardianship order cases
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- Monday, May 11, 2015 | CYP Now
The Court of Appeal highlights the importance of substantive and procedural protections in special guardianship order cases.
Legal Update: Court Report - Rejection of natural parent presumption
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- Monday, May 11, 2015 | CYP Now
Fewer than two per cent of new FGM cases involve children
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- Wednesday, May 6, 2015 | CYP Now
Only 60 child victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) have been identified by authorities out of thousands of new cases since last September, prompting fears parents are adopting new tactics to evade detection.
Legal Update: Support for special guardians
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- Monday, April 27, 2015 | CYP Now
Coram Children's Legal Centre's Child Law Advice Service (CLAS) is receiving an increasing number of queries about special guardianship. Kelly Reeve, team leader of CLAS, examines this trend.
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