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Legal Update: Handling child care proceedings

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Awaz Raoof, international research officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, takes a look at two recent judgments of the Family Division of the High Court regarding councils' handling of care proceedings.

Specialist substance misuse family court set for expansion

News

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) initiative is to be expanded across five more areas after a £2.5m investment through the government's Children's Social Care Innovation Fund.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Commons committee criticises legal aid cuts

Other

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

| CYP Now

A report published by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee examines the impact of changes to civil legal aid.

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - British citizenship

Other

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Q. When is a child born in the UK automatically a British citizen?

Legal Update: Court Report - Mother appeals adoption order

Other

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Case name: Re R (a child) Case number (2014) EWCA Civ 1625

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Contact Orders

Other

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Q. How can child contact and residence be enforced in orders made before April 2014?

Adoption placement order decline continues unabated

News

Thursday, December 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of children having adoption placement orders granted continued to spiral downwards over the summer, latest official figures show.

Cafcass study highlights CSE learning from case reviews

News

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Victims of child sexual exploitation (CSE) may be so influenced by abusers that they are unable to provide full or accurate accounts of their experiences to safeguarding professionals, analysis has concluded.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - New entitlement for shared parental leave

Other

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Provisions included in the Children and Families Act 2014 will give parents new rights to "shared parental leave" from December.

Legal Update: Court Report - Dismissal of care and placement orders

Other

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Case name: D (A child) (2014) EWHC 3388 Court: High Court (Family Division) Judge: Justice Mostyn

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Consent required when taking a child overseas

Other

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Q. A parent I advise wants to take her 10-year-old child overseas to visit her family for Christmas. Will she need the consent of the child's father, who she has separated from, though was never married to?

Adoption leaders move to stem drop in placement orders

News

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

| CYP Now

The body set up to oversee the adoption system has issued guidance in an effort to halt a sharp slump in the number of court orders being made for children to be adopted.

Legal Update: Court Report - Application to end life support

Other

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Case name: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v T and Others 29 & 30 September 2014 Case number EWHC 3315 (Fam)

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Parental involvement law comes into effect

Other

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Courts must presume that, unless otherwise shown, involvement of both separating parents in a child's life will further the child's welfare.

Legal Update: Children's voices in proceedings

Other

Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Jen Roest, Coram Children's Legal Centre's research and project's officer, takes a look at recent developments concerning children's voices being heard within UK family justice proceedings.

Court Report: Appeal against interim orders

Other

Monday, September 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Case name: K (Children) (2014) EWCA Civ 1195 Case number (2014) EWCA Civ 1195

Court Report: Children can stay in Bangladesh

Other

Monday, August 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Case name: Re H Case number: EWCA Civ 1101 [2014]

Daily roundup: Youth centres, children's services and leadership

Other

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Charities set to take on running of Liverpool youth centres; tri-borough arrangements to be reviewed by Labour; and new DCS appointed in Southwark, all in the news today.

Children to be given greater voice in care proceedings

News

Thursday, July 24, 2014

| CYP Now

More will be done to ensure children over the age of 10 who are involved in care proceedings or custody cases have their views heard in court, the government has announced.

Faster court process cuts residential parenting assessments

News

Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Social workers are scaling back their use of residential parenting assessments due to Children and Families Act changes to the length of care proceedings, latest government research has found.

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Legal Update: Handling child care proceedings

Specialist substance misuse family court set for expansion

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Commons committee criticises legal aid cuts

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - British citizenship

Legal Update: Court Report - Mother appeals adoption order

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Contact Orders

Adoption placement order decline continues unabated

Cafcass study highlights CSE learning from case reviews

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - New entitlement for shared parental leave

Legal Update: Court Report - Dismissal of care and placement orders

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Consent required when taking a child overseas

Adoption leaders move to stem drop in placement orders

Legal Update: Court Report - Application to end life support

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Parental involvement law comes into effect

Legal Update: Children's voices in proceedings

Court Report: Appeal against interim orders

Court Report: Children can stay in Bangladesh

Daily roundup: Youth centres, children's services and leadership

Children to be given greater voice in care proceedings

Faster court process cuts residential parenting assessments

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