Cost Update for Child Abduction and Wardship. When reviewing current costs limitation for Child Abduction and Wardship it has ...

Sharing information about a case is sometimes called ‘disclosure of information’ or ‘communication of information’. The law allows you to share information about your case only in specific ...

Most will agree that the relationship between the 1980 and 1996 Hague Conventions is a match made in heaven. However the intersection between the 1970 Hague Evidence Convention and the 1980 Hague ...

A look at some of the problems that can be encountered when enforcing financial remedy orders. The article is not a comprehensive overview. It briefly considers how to approach enforcement proceedings ...

In Wolverhampton City Council v JA & Ors [2017] EWFC 62, Keehan J dealt with a care case which involved allegations of sexual abuse of two young girls. They were aged 13 (X) and 12 (Y) at the time of ...

The ever-developing law for cohabiting partners took another step forward after a landmark ruling in the Supreme Court allowed an unmarried woman’s appeal to receive a survivor’s pension from her ...

The labours of the Private Law Working Group, set up by the President of the Family Division back in August 2013, have now come to fruition and on 22 April the new Practice Direction 12B - Child ...

The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) is running a pilot scheme to bring an end to separated parents poisoning their child against the other parent. Parents who are ...

Can you give away an interest in land in the course of a discussion? In Ely v Robson [2016] EWCA Civ 774, Ms Robson argued that you could not: an oral agreement would not be compliant with s 2 (1) Law ...

Funding for preventive services doubled to over half a billion pounds to drive restoration in family and parenting support ...

The survey revealed 94% of participants believe emotional abuse in childhood can have a lasting psychological effect well into adulthood. We’re releasing this data as part of our Listen up, Speak up ...