HMCTS recently updated their guidance on ‘Sharing Information outside of court in family proceedings’. Sharing information ...

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

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 ...

In Re G (Residence: Same Sex Partners) [2005] 2 FLR 957, the parties had cohabited in a same-sex relationship for 8 years, during which time the respondent gave birth to two children conceived by ...

The Department for Education has published a list of indicators to help local authorities understand the broad range of factors contributing to child poverty locally. The Child Poverty Act 2010 ...

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 this article, Jody Atkinson analyses the significant recent changes to the state pension and their impact for family finance practitioners. The government has both changed the state retirement age ...

The family law reforms are two working days away. The volume of material for family law professionals to read and digest is huge and the Children and Families Act 2014 is a biggie at 241 pages long.

Evidence of vulnerable witnesses in family proceedings: progress so far? On 30 December 2016 Ministry of Justice published a statement by Sir James Munby President of the Family Division in which he ...

The Government has confirmed that implementation of the Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017 has been delayed indefinitely. The Act is designed to allow relatives or close friends of a missing ...