It is 40 years since Coram Children’s Legal Centre published Locked Up in Care, its first major report. It has championed the rights of marginalised groups of children and is still holding policymakers to account.
Abdullahi Yussuf came to the UK from Nigeria aged 12. He writes about waiting for a Home Office asylum decision and offers advice to others in the same position
Education: Notting Hill and Ealing High School; King’s College, London – LLB, 1970
Career: Trained and qualified in 1973 at Lawford & Co, London, Assistant solicitor, Darlington & Parkinson, London, 1973-74, Solicitor, Camden Community Law Centre, London, 1974-78, Assistant solicitor, Wilford McBain, London, 1978-79, Set up Children’s Legal Centre (now Coram Children’s Legal Centre), 1979-81, Assistant solicitor and then partner, Bindman & Partners, London, 1982-96, Partner, Goodman Ray, London and Brighton, 1996-2002, Consultant partner, Osbornes Law, London, 2002-
Roles: British Association for Adoption and Fostering, Law Society’s Children Panel, Law Society’s Children Law Subcommittee, Resolution Foundation accredited panel, Coram Children’s Legal Centre, patron, 2013-