Read our latest news stories.
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
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 2019 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