Press releases Award-winning charity launches youth justice ‘centre of excellence’ 26 Nov 15 Youth Justice Legal Centre aims to raise standards in criminal courts and support lawyers doing vital work representing children and young people.
Press releases Just for Kids Law intervenes in Supreme Court joint enterprise case 23 Oct 15 Joint enterprise has emerged over recent years as a key concern of our young clients
Press releases Two of the UK’s central children’s organisations join forces to strengthen the rights of children and young people 06 Aug 15 The Children's Rights Alliance for England is merging with Just for Kids Law
Press releases Supreme Court judgment re-opens door to university education to hundreds of British-educated teenagers 29 Jul 15 Just for Kids Law welcomes ruling that puts right to student loans back to pre-2012 position.
Press releases Supreme Court to hear case this week which will decide educational future of thousands 23 Jun 15 Young people whose chances of going to university hang on the result of the judges’ ruling, are to demonstrate outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday 24 June 2015.
Press releases Victory for bereaved parents as ‘Kesia’s law’ is passed by the House of Lords 11 Nov 14 Ministry of Justice opposition to vulnerable defendants benefiting from its own ‘Registered Intermediary’ scheme ruled unfair
Press releases Suicide of another teen sparks legal action 14 Jul 14 Death of Kesia Leatherbarrow is third suicide in three years linked to failures to treat 17 year olds in police station as children
Press releases Just for Kids Law condemns limitations to anonymity protection for children in court 08 Apr 14 High Court decision could deter child victims and witnesses, and impede rehabilitation of young offenders.
Press releases Court Rules Home Secretary’s Treatment of 17-year-olds Unlawful 25 Apr 13 In a landmark judgement, the High Court today ruled that treating 17-year-olds at the police station in the same way as adults is unlawful.
