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Press Release: 26 July 2021. On 26 July, the law is changing as the Children (Scotland) Act 2020 and changing regulations give new rights to siblings in Scotland. The new law emphasises the importance of ensuring brothers and sisters live together whenever possible. Read more
Children and young people, including care leavers, must apply to the EU Settlement scheme if they are an EU, EEA or Swiss national. The deadline to apply is 30 June 2021. Read more
Clan Childlaw warmly welcomes the publication of Plan 21-24, the first of three plans which will implement The Promise over a ten-year period. Read more
Children's Hearings Rules are changing to make sure brothers and sisters can give their views when decisions are being made which affect them seeing each other. Join us to hear more about the Rule changes on 19th April. Read more
Find out what you need to know about tenancies and evictions during Covid-19 Read more
25th August 2020: Today the Scottish Parliament passed the Children (Scotland) Bill, an important step forward for children's rights and legal protection for children's sibling relationships. Read more
We are supportive of proposed amendments to the Children (Scotland) Bill. Stage 3 proceedings will take place in the Scottish Parliament on 25th August. Read more
Lucy Frazer and Alison Reid from Clan Childlaw were joined by Lynda Brabender QC who represented ABC in the Supreme Court for a Child Law Network panel discussion exploring what the decision means for young people who would like to be part of children’s hearings being held for their brothers and sisters. Read more
We've launched a series of recorded presentations and toolkits on legal issues our solicitors are helping care experienced children and young people with during the Covid-19 pandemic. The resources are free to download and explain the law, how to recognise when there's a legal issue, and steps to take to assert rights. Read more
18th June 2020: The Supreme Court today published its judgment in relation to Clan Childlaw’s leading case involving the rights of brothers and sisters in children’s hearings. Read our response to the judgment here. Read more
Young people in Scotland can now get free expert legal advice to tackle homelessness from Clan Childlaw’s new Housing Law Response Project. Read more
The research led by Prof. Kay Tisdall and Dr Fiona Morrison in which Clan Childlaw participated found a number of barriers and challenges to children’s participation in family proceedings in Scotland. Read more
If you need somewhere to live or are worried that you might become homeless, contact us for help. We can provide housing and homelessness advice. Read more
We've added new short guides for children and young people and the people that support them to our Coronavirus Support and Information Hub. Read more
Clan Childlaw is contributing to the development of the National Practice Model for Advocacy for the Children’s Hearings System. Read more
New summaries of recent court judgments relating to children and young people added to our web resources. Read more
It’s been a busy two years since Stand Up For Siblings launched in March 2018 Read more
We've published a summary and presentations from our joint event with Human Rights Consortium Scotland 'Using law and the courts to defend people’s rights – recent cases, developments and third sector involvement' which took place on 4th November 2019 Read more
Wednesday 5th February - The Independent Care Review, which began its work in February 2017, has published its final reports, calling for a major overhaul of care in Scotland. We welcome the reports and congratulate everyone who gave their voice to the Review. Read more
Tune in 8pm tonight, 14th January, for BBC Radio 4’s ‘File on 4’ programme on Separated Siblings. Clan Childlaw contributed to the programme. Read more
We are delighted to have won the Pro-Bono award sponsored by the Law Society of Scotland at The Herald Law Awards on Wednesday 27th November. Read more
The Supreme Court Hearing in two cases on sibling rights in Children's Hearings will be heard today and tomorrow. We are instructed by ABC - read our press release here. Read more
On Wednesday 6th November, Stand Up for Siblings was awarded with the Partnership award at the Herald Society Awards 2019. Read more
Clan Childlaw and Shelter Scotland are hosting a launch event for the new Street Legal Project Read more