A mother of three was stopped at Birmingham Airport before boarding a plane to Munich in order to travel to Turkey, where arrangements were made to enter Syria. The family…
Resolution, a body of family law professionals, campaign for better laws, facilities and support for those involved in family court procedures. In a commission on access to justice, Resolution voices…
Resolution ‘is an organisation of 6,500 family lawyers and other professionals in England and Wales, who believe in a constructive, non-confrontational approach to family law matters’. The toolkit that they…
The education committee have published a report entitled ‘Mental health and well-being of looked after children’ that has highlighted the need for local authorities and health services to recognise when…
Cafcass have released new statistics for the month of March revealing an all-time high for new private law cases. The total of these cases received in March 2016 was 3,278…
ParentPlan is an innovative online portal designed for parents to ‘help keep up with your child’s busy lives’. The website would be particularly beneficial to those who are co-parenting, providing…
As previously reported in our news, the case of R (Rights of Women) v The Secretary of State for Justice and the Lord Chancellor [2016] saw the Court of Appeal…
Family Justice Council published the guide entitled ‘Sorting out finances on divorce’ in order to help those representing themselves navigate through, what can be, a daunting process for those unfamiliar…
In the case of Soares de Melo v Portugal, the European Court of Human Rights found that the adoption of the Portuguese children involved in the case was a breach…
The plan called Adoption: A vision for change was unveiled by Nick Morgan, education secretary, and proposes a 4 year strategy that will see children placed with adoptive parents without…
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) is an independent agency that represents the best interests of children in court proceedings. According to their latest statistics published, February…
This High Court case concerns a sixteen year old child, referred to as PD, who from a young age has struggled with gender identity issues. Born a female, the child…
Dr Rob George, a Barrister at Harcourt Chambers has recently written in his monthly column expressing his concern for the access to justice for autistic people. He noted that those…
The daughter of an African Diplomat based in London has been given special protection after concerns were raised that she may be subjected to female genital mutilation. The infant’s mother…
A mother has been granted the application for summary return of her three children from the UK to France under the Hague Convention on child abduction. The case of D…
