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Legal Update: Legal aid changes and family law

Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the impact that changes to civil legal aid are having on access to justice in private family law matters.

Legal Update: Relationships with the court

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  • Tuesday, October 25, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Alexandra Conroy Harris, legal consultant at CoramBAAF, explains how the charity is working with local authorities and judges to improve understanding of care orders so the right one is used.

Legal Update: The Carer’s Leave Act 2023

Augusta Itua, legal consultant at CoramBAAF, assesses the implications for carers of new legislation that gives employees the right to take leave in order to provide or arrange for long-term care needs.

Family court improvement forum

Louise Sims, kinship care and fostering consultant at CoramBAAF, discusses the benefits of Quality Circle, an innovative forum to identify good practice developed by the Sussex Family Justice Board.

Legal Update: The Online Safety Bill

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  • Tuesday, September 27, 2022
  • | CYP Now
With the delay of the Online Safety Bill, the UK should not abandon its obligations to protect children from online sexual exploitation and abuse, says Awaz Raoof, head of law and programmes at Coram International.

Legal Update: Review of Ukraine schemes

With Homes for Ukraine and other schemes to support Ukrainians having been running for a year, Alison East, senior solicitor at Coram Children's Legal Centre, assesses their successes.

Legal Update: Family group conferences

Emily Blackshaw, lead quantitative analyst and Max Stanford, head of impact and evaluation at Coram outline findings from an evaluation of the use of FGCs at the pre-proceedings stage.

Legal Update: Children and Social Work Bill

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  • Tuesday, November 22, 2016
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Marianne Lagrue, project officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the government's recent defeat in the House of Lords over controversial exemption clauses in the Children and Social Work Bill.

Legal Update: Kinship care arrangements

Clare Seth, kinship consultant at CoramBAAF, analyses the impact that proposed government reforms following the Care Review will have for kinship carers and the children they look after.