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Legal Update: Children hit by legal aid cuts

Monday, October 13, 2014

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Eighteen months on from drastic cuts to civil legal aid, evidence is showing the detrimental impact on children's rights, explains Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Legal Update: Rights of migrant care leavers

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

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Without permanent immigration status, young migrant or refugee care leavers face an uncertain time, says Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager, Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Private fostering

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

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Q: What is private fostering and when is a private foster carer required to notify the local authority?

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - New duty on schools to prevent terrorism

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Monday, July 20, 2015

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A legal duty on schools and childcare providers to prevent children from being drawn into terrorism came into effect this month.

Separation under interim care orders

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

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Case highlights need to balance welfare considerations, says Rosalyn Akar Grams, head of legal practice at Coram Children’s Legal Centre.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Managed moves

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

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Kelly Reeve examines the use of managed moves to facilitate a child's move to a different school or educational programme.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Care leavers who go on to attend university

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

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Frances Trevena examines the situation for care leavers who go on to attend university and the impact of changes to provisions for care.

Legal Update: The Human Rights Act 1998

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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

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The Human Rights Act has been pivotal in protecting children against human rights abuses and upholding freedoms for almost two decades.

Legal Q&A: Legal aid for unaccompanied children's immigration cases

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Wednesday, July 3, 2019

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Legal Update: Access to sexual health services

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

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Elizabeth Yarrow, senior researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre, summarises recent research that explores the impact of the law on young people's access to sexual and reproductive health services.

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Disability discrimination at school

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

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Q: A young person I work with wishes to make a complaint about disability discrimination in relation to an experience she had at her school. How should she go about doing this?

Legal Update: Resolution on transgender rights

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Monday, May 25, 2015

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Kirsten Anderson, research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines how a Council of Europe resolution relates to the rights of transgender young people to change their legal gender.

Legal Update: Obligations to children overseas

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Monday, July 20, 2015

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Flavia Colonnese, researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the government's obligations to protect children's rights outside the UK in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Legal Update: Scrutiny of private fostering

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

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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.

ChildRIGHT: In a Nutshell -- The impact of the Equality Act 2010

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Friday, July 9, 2010

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The Equality Act 2010 consolidates a range of existing discrimination laws, including those affecting children, young people and families.

Interests of the child in immigration cases involving criminality

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Monday, December 3, 2018

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This recent Supreme Court case has given further clarification on how the best interests of the child are considered in immigration cases, in particular when there has been criminality on the part of the parents.