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Legal Q&A: What is Section 67?
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Features
- Friday, August 30, 2019 | CYP Now
Section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 (sometimes known as the "Dubs amendment") placed a requirement on the Home Office to "make arrangements to relocate to the United Kingdom and support a specified number of unaccompanied refugee children from other countries in Europe". The government has committed to transferring 480 children from France, Greece and Italy under section 67.
Trafficking, modern slavery and the NRM
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Features
- Monday, August 26, 2019 | CYP Now
Recent changes to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) will have an effect on child victims of trafficking and those who support them.
Separated children in care
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Features
- Monday, August 26, 2019 | CYP Now
Stewart MacLachlan, senior legal & policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at recent changes for separated children in care and what professionals should consider when working with them.
Trafficking, modern slavery and the NRM
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Features
- Monday, August 26, 2019 | CYP Now
Recent changes to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) will have an effect on child victims of trafficking and those who support them.
Separated children in care
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Features
- Monday, August 26, 2019 | CYP Now
Stewart MacLachlan, senior legal & policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at recent changes for separated children in care and what professionals should consider when working with them.
Securing support for children with SEN
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Features
- Monday, July 29, 2019 | CYP Now
In the context of funding shortfalls for children with special educational needs, Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs at Coram, looks at the increase in appeals against local authority decisions.
Legal Q&A: Legal aid for unaccompanied children's immigration cases
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Other
- Wednesday, July 3, 2019 | CYP Now
Court Report: Case clarifies local authorities' duty of care over abuse and neglect
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Other
- Wednesday, July 3, 2019 | CYP Now
Poole Borough Council v GN [2019] UK SC 25
Assessing age of asylum seekers
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Features
- Monday, June 24, 2019 | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at the potentially harmful consequences of children seeking asylum having their ages disputed by immigration officials.
Legal Update: Long-term segregation on mental health wards
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Features
- Monday, June 24, 2019 | CYP Now
Care Quality Commission report reveals cases of young people with autism or complex needs being segregated on mental health wards.
Legal Update: Safeguarding children who go missing from care
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Best Practice
- Monday, May 27, 2019 | CYP Now
Guidance outlines the importance of carrying out return home interviews with children who run away or go missing from care.
Post-adoption contact arrangements
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Features
- Monday, May 27, 2019 | CYP Now
In light of a recent Court of Appeal judgment, Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines provision for post-adoption contact arrangements.
Summer born admissions: Legal Q&A
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Other
- Friday, May 3, 2019 | CYP Now
What is summer born admission?
Special educational needs provision: Legal Update
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Other
- Monday, April 29, 2019 | CYP Now
Ombudsman criticises council over failures that led to boy with special educational needs being denied a year of full-time education.
EU settlement scheme applications: Legal Update
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Features
- Monday, April 29, 2019 | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, group head of policy and public affairs at Coram, examines the European Union settlement scheme and the barriers faced by many children and young people who may need to apply.
Court Report: 'Oppressive behaviour' found to secure mother's care order consent
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Other
- Thursday, March 28, 2019 | CYP Now
This case in the Court of Appeal found that a mother's consent to a care order had been secured by "oppressive behaviour" and warned that judges must be careful not to put unreasonable pressure on parties to care proceedings.
Legal Update: Preventative and early intervention services
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Features
- Tuesday, March 26, 2019 | CYP Now
Early help prevents problems faced by children and families from escalating, but funding pressures have seen services scaled back.
Legal Update: Relationships education, relationships and sex education and health education
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Features
- Tuesday, March 26, 2019 | CYP Now
Harriet Gill, managing director of Coram Life Education, examines guidance on relationships education, relationships and sex education, and health education to be introduced in primary and secondary schools.
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