Press release archive

Browse through Coram Children's Legal Centre's press releases from previous years.

• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009
• 2008
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005

2012

• Statement on International Migrants Day - 18 December 2012
• Child Protection Project to expand its services - 18 December 2012
• New Head of Legal Practice and Practice Manager at CCLC - 17 December 2012
• Tribute to Justice Arthur Chaskalson - 4 December 2012
• 2013 Legal aid telephone advice contract awarded to CCLC - 28 November 2012
• Response to withdrawal of government officials from JCHR oral evidence session on migrant children into UK - 27 November 2012
• Barrister wins award for defending the rights of migrant children - 12 November 2012
• CCLC welcomes European Court of Human Rights' judgement that teenage rape victim should have been given unhindered access to abortion - 6 November 2012
• CCLC features on BBC Inside Out's programme on migrant children - 5 November 2012
• CCLC Response to HM Inspectorate of Prisons report on announced inspection of Cedars Pre-Departure Accommodation - 23 October 2012
• Response to the Inter-Departmental Ministerial Group report on human trafficking - 18 October 201
• Recession-busting free legal advice hits record levels as CCLC celebrates first anniversary - 25 September 2012
• Gap year student Catherine Yarrow completes epic walk through Britain for CCLC - 20 September 2012
• Legal advice helplines on standby to answer GCSE and A level student queries as results day looms - 14 August 2012
• Coram Children's Legal Centre welcomes Supreme Court clarification on the importance of children's rights in parental extradition cases - 20 June 2012
• Funding cuts place separated refugee and migrant children at risk - 16 May 2012
• School girl’s winning design promotes free legal support for children - 18 April 2012
• Cherie Booth QC launches free online children’s legal advice service as helpline calls hit record levels - 15 March 2012
• Child Support Agency Reform Changes - 31 January 2012

2011

• 'Degrading' and 'unsuitable' child detention at Heathrow a warning sign that UK Boarder Agency is flouting welfare duties - 19 April 2011
• New hope for refugee children in the UK as flagship protect fights for their rights - 14 April 2011
• Millions of children around the world detained without charge - 31 March 2011
• Family win three year fight to secure future for disabled teen - 2 March 2011
• Missed out on first choice of secondary school? What to do next - 1 March 2011
• Landmark ruling enables Tanzanian woman to stay in UK because of her children's 'best interest' - 1 February 2011

2010

• Child detention announcement: CLC response - 16 December 2010
• Children with Special Educational Needs should not pay for the Nation's deficit - 16 November 2010
• Youngsters risk breaking the law because of legal age confusion - 9 November 2010
• Failure to end child detention until March 'bitterly disappointing' - 8 November 2010
• Government Spending Review: CLC response - 20 October 2010
• Young people! Do you need advice on legal stuff? Try Lawstuff.org.uk - 11 opctober 2010
• CLC argues higher level of needs being underestimated - 14 September 2010
• Don't take legal aid away from children - 26 August 2010
• CLC expresses disappointment in ground-breaking right to education decision - 14 July 2010
• Refugee and Migrant Justice (RJM) closure CLC response - June 2010
• Proposal for forced removal of children to Afghanistan may put safety and welfare of asylum seeking children at risk - 8 June 2010
• CLC lauches ground-breaking new website - 13 April 2010
• BBC visits Children's Legal Centre Support Service for Vulnerable Girls in Tajikstan - 29 March 2012
• Children's Legal Centre takes ground-breaking right to education case to surpreme court - 23 March 2010
• Croydon asylum bill row: CLC response - 14 January 2010

 2009

• June 2009 childRIGHT out now - 25 June 2009
• New Freephone Number for the Child Law Advice Line - 15 June 2009
• May 2009 childRIGHT out now - 19 May 2009
• Children's Legal Centre appoints new Head of London Office - 18 May 2009
• April 2009 childRIGHT out now - 22 April 2009
• The Children's Legal Centre appoints a new Operations Manager 21 April 2009
• CLC gets funding to improve the lives of vulnerable girls in Tajikistan - 30 March 2009
• March 2009 childRIGHT out now - 23 March 2009
• What are children™s rights at the police station? 18 March 2009
• February 2009 childRIGHT out now - 20 February 2009
• The Children's Legal Centre calls for an increase in the minimum age of Criminal Responsibility -
• 11 February 2009
• Statement on the use of restraints on children in private detention centres - 18 December 2008

2008

• Statement on the use of restraints on children in private detention centres - 18 December 2008.
• Children's Legal Centre Donates Christmas Toys 16 December 2008
• December 2008/January 2009 childRIGHT out now 16 December 2008
• Special event to commemorate universal children's day 20 November 2008
• November 2008 childRIGHT out now - 18 November 2008
• Children's Legal Centre highlights the need for the Baby P inquiry - 13 November 2008
• October 2008 childRIGHT out now - 8 October 2008
• Children's Legal Centre welcomes UN Committee Report - 3 October 2008
• Government has failed to implement right to education - 22 September 2008
• British Sign Language now available on the Children™s Legal Centre website -
• 12 September 2008
• September childRIGHT out now - 2 September 2008
• Religious belief is no excuse for child cruelty - 27 August 2008
• Children™s Legal Centre completes study on Kosovo™s Juvenile Justice System - 26th August 2008
• At What Age Can I¦? - 30 July 2008
• Rules on the physical restraint of children breach international law - 28 July 2008
• July childRIGHT out now - 7 July 2008
• June childRIGHT out now - 9 June 2008
• Deputy Prime Minister of Tajikistan visits the Children's Legal Centre 19 May 2008
• May childRIGHT out now - 6 May 2008
• April childRIGHT out now - 4 April 2008
• Professor Carolyn Hamilton, Director of the Children's Legal Centre, appointed to the Legal Services Commission 11 March 2008
• What is suitable education for children with special educational needs? 10 March 2008
• March edition of childRIGHT out now - 6 March 2008
• The school admissions process - 3 March 2008
• Children have rights at the police station - 15 February 2008
• Who decided the age and identity of unaccompanied minors? - 7 February 2008
• February edition of childRIGHT out now - 31 January 2008
• Children's Legal Centre re-launch Refugee and Asylum Seeking Children's Project - 4 February 2008
• The Children's Legal Centre opens London Office - 4 February 2008

2007

• An international website linking children's rights organisations across the globe, has been announced by the UK based Children™s Legal Centre on International Human Rights Day " 10 December 2007
• School uniform rules need clarifying says the Children's Legal Centre - 16 November 2007
• Use of batons against youth offenders will not meet legal standards, says The Children's Legal Centre - 22October 2007
• It is now illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 - 1 October 2007
• The Children's Legal Centre provides viewer support service for TV - 14 September 2007
• Does the Government system need to change around the issuing of a Statement of Special Educational Needs? - 10 September 2007
• 'Support our children, don't criminalise them' says The Children's Legal Centre - 3 September 2007
• The Children's Legal Centre appoints new editor for flagship journal 'childRIGHT' - 30 August 2007
• Gordon Brown must deliver justice for children after Blair's ten years of conflict over youth justice - 27 June 2007
• Judges need specialist training with cases involving children - 25 June 2007
• Prof Carolyn Hamilton, Director of The Children's Legal Centre, clarifies the law about leaving children 'Home Alone' - 11 May 2007
• Shocking figures released today show children as young as five are being permanently excluded from school - 20 April 2007
• UK Children's Legal Centre boosts communications - 17 April 2007

2006

• Bullying Press Release - 20 November 2006
• Local Legal Services - 17 July 2006
• Joint Committee on Human Rights-Education - 18 May 2006
• Landmark Human Rights Challenge-the right not to be denied education - 31 January 2006

2005

• What happens when a child has no where to go this Christmas? - 20 December 2005
• Claim issued against Hertfordshire County Council - 21 June 2005
• Landmark victory in Muslim dress case