Read our latest news stories.
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
4th September 2019 - Today Clan Childlaw is excited to launch the Child Law Network, a new resource for anyone interested in Scottish child law. Read more
We're organising an afternoon seminar with Human Rights Consortium Scotland on 'Using law & courts to defend rights: recent cases & 3rd sector involvement' Read more
28th August 2019 - We are delighted the Scottish Government has committed to incorporating the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots law. Read our response to the public consultation. Read more
27 June 2019 - The United Kingdom Supreme Court has today decided that our client’s application for permission to appeal to the Supreme Court should be allowed. The case relates to sibling rights and contact within the Children’s Hearing System. Read more
On 18th June we welcomed nearly 100 colleagues from across the sector to the Lighthouse in Glasgow for an engagement and launch event for our new Care Leavers’ Law Service, a 5-year, Scotland-wide project funded by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. Read more
12th June 2019: We are delighted to have been awarded funding from The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland for a project we are developing with Shelter Scotland to provide legal help to children & young people experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Edinburgh. Read more
3 April 2019: Following work coordinated by Fiona Jones in her role as member of the Family Law Committee of the Scottish Civil Justice Council, new child-friendly forms will be used to seek the views of children in family and civil partnerships actions from 24th June 2019. Read more
8th March 2019: We're really excited about our conference organised together with Siblings Reunited (STAR) today in Glasgow! Read more
It's one year since SUFS was launched! It's been a busy year! Read more
30 January 2019: Today the UK Supreme Court issued its judgment in 3 cases relating to the disclosure of criminal records in England and Wales and Northern Ireland. Clan Childlaw intervened in these cases to explain the Scottish system in relation to the disclosure of childhood offending behaviour. Read more
10th December 2018: Back in May, to mark our 10-year anniversary, we set law students the challenge of identifying the biggest children's rights issue in Scotland and how the law can be used to resolve it. Congratulations to the winner Michael Malvenda and runners-up Ruari Peoples and Hannah Smethurst! Read more
27 November 2018: In ABC against Principal Reporter & the Lord Advocate, the Inner House of the Court of Session today decided that the current way that the children’s hearings system considers brothers and sisters is compatible with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. This case involved our client, a 14 year old who wanted to have a say in decisions made about his brother at children’s hearings. Lucy Frazer, solicitor for the child said: “We are disappointed by this decisio Read more
On 6th November 2018 we hosted a reception in the Scottish Parliament entitled ‘Clan Childlaw: 10 years of access to justice for children and young people’. We were delighted to announce our new Care Leavers' Law Service at the event. Read more
We're co-organising this event with Human Rights Consortium Scotland and Amnesty Scotland to discuss using law and litigation to make rights real in Scotland. Read more
Read our response the Scottish Government consultation Review of Part 1 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and creation of a family justice modernisation strategy Read more
(31 July 2018) In one of the most significant cases in relation to care-experienced children for some time, a court has today ruled that a 14-year-old boy should now be able to apply to participate fully in his brother's children's hearing. Lucy Frazer, solicitor at Clan Childlaw who represents the child, said: “It has now been recognised that there was a difficulty with the current law.... Read more
Read our Annual Report for 2016-17 Read more
We're launching our 10 Years 10 Munros challenge to mark 10 years since Clan Childlaw was set up. Read more
'Stand up for Siblings' is being launched today to raise awareness of sibling separation and contact and the impact on looked after children and young people. The partnership aims to improve and change law, policy and practice. Read more