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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: 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: IVF and legal parenthood

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  • Tuesday, October 25, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Kelly Reeve, senior legal consultant for the Child Law Advice Service, considers recent cases in the High Court Family Division seeking to resolve parentage issues for children born through IVF using a sperm donor.

Legal Update: Cuts hit overseas divorce ruling

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  • Tuesday, October 15, 2013
  • | CYP Now
A recent High Court case illustrates the negative impact legal aid cuts are having on access to justice in family courts, says Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager, Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Court Report: Asylum application

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  • Thursday, June 1, 2017
  • | CYP Now
This case concerned a father (F) and mother (M), both Pakistan nationals, and their child (A) who was born in Pakistan in 2006. In August 2014, A and M came to the UK on a trip, but did not return to Pakistan as had been agreed with F, instead remaining in the UK and claiming asylum.

Legal Update: Impact of forced marriage law

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  • Monday, August 18, 2014
  • | CYP Now
In a follow-up to a recent piece on new legislation that criminalises forced marriage, Coram Children's Legal Centre researcher Catrin Gosby explores its potential impact, as well as some of its limitations.