Pope Francis has reformed the way in which the Catholic Church handles the annulment of marriages by way of two documents in the form of a Motu Proprio – a…
According to data taken from the the Family Resources Survey and the General Household Survey, whilst before the 1990s there was a trend away from marriage confined to low income…
HHJ Lynn Roberts has criticised the lack of assistance provided by the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) in the case of R (Translation of Documents in Proceedings) [2015] EWFC B112. The…
A new report has been published by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission examining the rights of children in care in Northern Ireland. The report highlights that at present there…
According to Barnardo’s, 20,000 apprenticeships should be set aside for those leaving the foster care system between the ages of 16-18 as they are in need of Government support. The…
Ofsted has published data on inspection grades for 2,787 children’s social care providers and 59 local authority children’s service departments in England for 2015. The inspection outcomes data relates to…
The Local Government Ombudsman has said again that housing homeless young people in B&Bs is not appropriate, even in an emergency situation. This statement was prompted by the fact that…
The police have stated that over 30 children have been made the subject of family court orders due to radicalisation fears. The Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley stated that some of…
According to statistics released by the Department for Work and Pensions, 64% of the households that have capped are single parent households, and of those, 76% have children under five…
According to the Guardian, senior directors at the Kids Company charity warned the trustees on numerous occasions that reserves needed to be built up. However, this advice was not taken…
In a judgment issued by the Court of Appeal the 6th August 2015 in F (A Child) (International Relocation Cases) [2015] EWCA Civ 882 it would seem that the court…
According to the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) which has collected data from 124 local authorities, nearly 1000 children in care have attended three or more schools within a single…
The Government plans to increase the fees for issuing divorce proceedings from £410 to £550. Originally this figure was set to £750, which would have been an 80% increase, however,…
Resolution has expressed its disappointment at the MOJ for its reaction to the recent report published by the Justice Select Committee which is critical of legal aid cuts. In the…
According to the Chair of the Commons Public Accounts Committee only 8 out of 151 local councils know where all their care leavers live despite the fact that they have…
