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Cafcass care applications increase by 28% from 2015

Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Services (Cafcass) is an independent organisation that aim to represent children in family court cases, ensuring decisions are made in the children’s best…

Parents fined for breaching forced marriage protection order

The following case, heard in Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ court, involved the family of a teenager who was under the protection of a forced marriage protection order and consequently, breached…

‘Jihadi’ mother loses custody of children

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 proposals for ‘divorce without blame’

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 publish FGM screening toolkit

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…

Local authorities failing to identify mental health issues when children enter care

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 publishes new statistics

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…

Parent Plan – Keeping parents connected

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…

Legal Aid Agency confirms change in domestic violence requirement

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…

New guide published to assist Litigants in Person

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…

European Court of Human Rights rules States are under an obligation to keep families together

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…

Government to introduce new adoption strategy

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…

Latest Cafcass statistics show rise in private law cases

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…

Transgender teen granted permission to ‘cut off’ all contact from adoptive parents

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…

Experience of autistic people in the family justice system to be investigated

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…

Cafcass care applications increase by 28% from 2015

Parents fined for breaching forced marriage protection order

‘Jihadi’ mother loses custody of children

Resolution proposals for ‘divorce without blame’

Resolution publish FGM screening toolkit

Local authorities failing to identify mental health issues when children enter care

Cafcass publishes new statistics

Parent Plan – Keeping parents connected

Legal Aid Agency confirms change in domestic violence requirement

New guide published to assist Litigants in Person

European Court of Human Rights rules States are under an obligation to keep families together

Government to introduce new adoption strategy

Latest Cafcass statistics show rise in private law cases

Transgender teen granted permission to ‘cut off’ all contact from adoptive parents

Experience of autistic people in the family justice system to be investigated

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