Mary-Rachel McCabe

Mary-Rachel is a paralegal in the Strategic Litigation team at Just for Kids Law. She also writes for The Justice Gap. She tweets @MaryRachel_McC

‘We changed the law to save children’s lives’

Sometimes campaigning works. How bereaved parents, lawyers, campaigners, one brave teenager (and 30,000 people who signed an online petition) achieved victory.

By Shauneen Lambe and Mary-Rachel McCabe

/ 24 Nov 2014

How we treat children in the UK: the dark side of our soul

If the Conservatives' plans to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights are implemented, the fundamental right to a fair trial would be demolished, and the duty to act in the best interest of the child may well be eroded.

By Shauneen Lambe and Mary-Rachel McCabe

/ 20 Oct 2014

Homeless, abused, bereaved: when a child needs a lawyer

“When organisations like social services don’t treat you right, if you don’t have anybody, what you gonna do?” Savage cuts to legal aid leave many thousand of vulnerable children in England and Wales without legal representation.

By Mary-Rachel McCabe

/ 30 Sep 2014