A major dispute between children’s rights advocates and the Department for Education over the meaning and importance of care could be resolved if ministers would listen and act on the views of 16 and 17 year-olds, campaigners say. An online survey undertaken by the children’s rights charity Article 39, as part of the national #KeepCaringTo18 … Read more
Following on from our inaugural advocacy clinic on the topic of care leavers’ rights, in this issue we revisit a 2013 High Court judgment which confirmed that the payment of tuition fees falls within the ambit of sections 23C and 24B of the Children Act 1989 and should be treated as ‘expenses connected with education’. … Read more
Article 39 children’s rights charity is bitterly disappointed to share the news that our application to take our legal challenge against discriminatory legislation to the Court of Appeal has been refused. In March this year, we lost our High Court challenge against secondary legislation introduced by the Department for Education which requires local authorities to … Read more
In this issue, we share an October 2022 judgment in which the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court was used to authorise the deprivation of liberty of a 13 year-old child for the eighth time, after continued deprivation of her liberty in a hospital due to a lack of suitable, secure accommodation. The judgment contains … Read more
Today, the #KeepCaringTo18 campaign group launches a call to action for 16 and 17 year-olds living in England. The campaign group wants to know what care looks and feels like to 16 and 17 year-olds, to help influence government policy. The views of all 16 and 17 year-olds are sought no matter where in England … Read more