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Legal Update: Restricting parental responsibility
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- Tuesday, February 2, 2016 | CYP Now
Kelly Reeve, team leader and senior legal consultant for the Child Law Advice Service, examines the restrictions that can be placed on fathers' parental responsibility in order to protect a child's welfare.
Legal Update: Scrutiny of private fostering
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- Tuesday, January 19, 2016 | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines changes to data collection on private fostering arrangements and what further work is needed to safeguard children and young people.
Legal Update: Blocked from higher education
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- Tuesday, January 5, 2016 | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, explains why proposed changes to student support regulations are so significant for young people with immigration issues.
Ombudsman criticises council's failure to support homeless 16-year-old
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- Tuesday, December 15, 2015 | CYP Now
A council has been rebuked for the second time in two years by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) for its treatment of homeless young people.
Legal Update: Immigration Bill and care leavers
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- Tuesday, December 8, 2015 | CYP Now
Stewart Maclachlan, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines proposals in the Immigration Bill that would have a detrimental effect on young care leavers with immigration issues.
Legal Update: Age assessment guidance
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- Tuesday, October 27, 2015 | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines how long-awaited guidance could help social workers assess the age of children seeking asylum.
Legal Update: Court Report - Application for adoption order
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- Monday, October 12, 2015 | CYP Now
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?
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