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Consultation on child protection

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  • Tuesday, July 24, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Catherine Williams, child protection solicitor and project manager of the Coram Children's Legal Centre Child Protection Project, examines the government's consultation on child protection guidance

Employers' liability for child abuse

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  • Tuesday, January 22, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Christopher Sykes, legal officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines a legal principle that can hold employers liable for their employees' offences, which has been applied in a series of abuse cases

Legal Update: Criminalising domestic abuse

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  • Tuesday, January 20, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Kirsten Anderson, research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, asks if criminalising coercive and controlling behaviour will provide better protection to victims of domestic violence.

Legal Update: Care of unaccompanied children

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  • Monday, April 14, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Draft proposals on the care of unaccompanied asylum-seeking and trafficked children are a welcome step but could go further, argues Rachel Hutchings, researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Legal Update: Call for action plan on FGM

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  • Monday, July 21, 2014
  • | CYP Now
The home affairs committee has published a report calling for a national action plan on female genital mutilation. Catrin Gosby, researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the report's proposals.

Legal Update: Trafficking victims and families

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  • Tuesday, March 15, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Frances Trevena, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the gaps in service provision for families and child victims of trafficking and how this group can be better supported.

Grooming case highlights failings

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  • Monday, June 25, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Following the conviction of a child grooming ring in Rochdale, Jo-Anne Prud'homme, legal researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre, asks what more agencies could have done to protect the victims

Legal Update: Tackling child sexual exploitation

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  • Tuesday, December 9, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Jen Roest, research and projects officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines a call to address child sexual exploitation in Manchester through attitudinal change of public agencies and the legal system.

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: 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.

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