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الأطفال  - 

أسبوع الوساطة الأسرية 2026

خلال أسبوع الوساطة الأسرية، يساعد وسطاء جودمان راي العائلات على حل النزاعات بهدوء وفعالية، وتجنب المحكمة حيثما أمكن. من خلال وساطة الوساطة الأسرية وأوامر التراضي، نوجه العملاء في التوصل إلى اتفاقات بشأن الأطفال والشؤون المالية والترتيبات المستقبلية، ونوفر الوضوح والدعم والحلول الملزمة قانوناً والمصممة خصيصاً لتلبية احتياجات كل أسرة.
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عام جديد، بداية جديدة: مشورة قانون الأسرة بشأن الانفصال والأبوة والأمومة وترتيبات الأطفال

غالباً ما يجلب العام الجديد التفكير والتغيير للأسر. يمكن أن تؤدي الضغوطات المتزايدة خلال فترة الأعياد إلى طرح أسئلة حول الانفصال أو ترتيبات الأبوة والأمومة أو رعاية الأطفال. يمكن أن تساعد المشورة المبكرة في قانون الأسرة الآباء والأمهات على فهم خياراتهم وتحديد أولويات مصالح الأطفال الفضلى والتخطيط للخطوات العملية التالية قبل تفاقم المشكلات.
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ما هو التخلي عن الزواج عبر الوطني؟

الهجر عبر الحدود الوطنية هو شكل معترف به من أشكال العنف المنزلي الذي يمكن أن يترك الوالدين والأطفال عالقين في الخارج ومنفصلين عن الأسرة في إنجلترا وويلز. يستكشف هذا المقال كيف يمكن لمحاكم الأسرة تقديم المساعدة من خلال طلبات القوامة، وحدود اتفاقية لاهاي، والأثر العاطفي والنمائي الخطير الذي يمكن أن يحدثه الهجر على الأطفال.
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من يدفع الرسوم الجامعية بعد الانفصال والطلاق؟

قد يكون تحديد من يدفع الرسوم الجامعية بعد الانفصال أو الطلاق أمرًا معقدًا. قد يتفق الوالدان من خلال أمر رضائي، ولكن غالباً ما تتطلب النزاعات تدخل المحكمة. تنظر المحكمة في الدخل والاحتياجات المالية والتكاليف المستقبلية، بينما قد تساعد قروض تمويل الطلاب. إذا لم يتم التوصل إلى حل، يمكن للأطفال التقدم بطلب بموجب الجدول 1 من قانون الأطفال لعام 1989.
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أخبار قانون الأسرة  - 

الاتصال بعد التبني: فهم التأثير على الأسر

Learn how post-adoption contact supports children, birth families, and adopters and what courts and experts say about best practices.
Children's Human Rights Claims
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Considering Human Rights Claims in Children’s Legal Representation

Understand when a child’s human rights may be breached and how to consider legal action and making a claim against a local authority.
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دليل مجلس العدالة الأسرية لدعم الأفراد ذوي التباين العصبي في نظام العدالة الأسرية

The Family Justice Council has recently published essential guidance on neurodiversity for legal practitioners within...
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أخبار قانون الأسرة  - 

الشفافية في محاكم الأسرة وسارة شريف - ماذا تعني الشفافية في محاكم الأسرة؟

Introduction Debates surrounding transparency in the family courts have been a hot topic for many...
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أخبار قانون الأسرة  - 

Understanding the “Trauma Lens” in Family Law

A trauma lens is an approach that focuses on the impact of past or present traumatic experiences on individuals and their behaviour.
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أخبار قانون الأسرة  - 

حكم محكمة الاستئناف

P (A Child) (Abduction: Child’s Objections) Janet Broadley and Edward Nicklin (instructing Christopher Hames KC and Jonathan Evans...
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Giving a little, or a lot? How gifts are treated in a divorce

How gifts are treated in a divorce If you are going through a divorce or...
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الزواج القسري وزواج الأطفال وتشويه الأعضاء التناسلية للإناث: العلامات العملية والحماية القانونية

Forced Marriage, Child Marriage and FGM Whilst many of us think about Christmas decorations and...
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التغييرات في قواعد إجراءات الأسرة

On April 29th, changes to the Family Procedure Rules will be introduced. Couples in dispute...
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New Judgment Re Z (Surrogacy: Step-parent Adoption)

Re Z (Surrogacy: Step-parent Adoption) Jemma Dally and Marie Campbell instructed Janet Bazley KC, Olivia...
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أصبح الحكم متاحًا الآن في قضية التعويضات المالية المعقدة التي أجرتها ترودي فيذرستون وهانا لامب

We are pleased to share that judgment is now available in a complex financial remedies...
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أخبار قانون الأسرة  - 

دور الوسطاء في الإجراءات الأسرية

An intermediary can refer to a third party who is involved in assisting parties to...
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أخبار قانون الأسرة  - 

Family Law Transparency Pilot Scheme

On 30th January 2023, a reporting pilot scheme was launched in the Cardiff, Carlisle and...
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الأطفال  - 

ما هي مسؤولية الوالدين؟

What is Parental Responsibility? Parental Responsibility (PR) is the power given to individuals to make...
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أخبار قانون الأسرة  - 

New Law Raises the Minimum Age to Marry or Form a Civil Partnership to 18 in England and Wales.

Family law solicitor Emma Sherrington and Trainee Solicitor Bethany Lodge give insight into the new...
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‘Gone to the Dogs’ – Pets & Divorce in the Family Court’

Pets & Divorce in the Family Court ‘Dog Law’ as it is sometimes known, or...
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أخبار الطلاق  - 

تراكم القضايا في المحاكم يدمر حياة الناس. محامو جودمان راي يقدمون استشارات مجانية خلال أسبوع الطلاق الجيد 2022

Goodman Ray is supporting Resolution’s Good Divorce Week (28 Nov 2022 – 2 Dec 2022),...
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أخبار قانون الأسرة  - 

Location Location Location: Marriage Venues

The Commons Library briefing paper on marriage venues was published on Tuesday 6 July 2021...
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Legal Aid and trapped capital

R (oao GR) v Director of Legal Aid Casework [2020] EWHC 3140 (Admin) Context  ...
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م (طفل) [2021] EWCA Civ 437

This is a case in which Peggy Ray represented the child (M), through her children’s...
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أخبار قانون الأسرة  - 

Goodman Ray Welcomes Government Mediation Voucher Scheme

The government has today announced that it is investing £1m in family mediation, to support...
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أخبار قانون الأسرة  - 

Uncontested vs Contested Divorce

Uncontested vs Contested Divorce – What’s the difference? Divorce is a difficult time for individuals...
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أخبار قانون الأسرة  - 

Are Borders Barriers to Contact? Separated International Families in a Time of Coronavirus

Are Borders Barriers to Contact? Separated International Families in a Time of Coronavirus Living through...
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أخبار قانون الأسرة  - 

How has the Covid-19 pandemic affected service of applications and Orders under the Family Law Act 1996? (The welcomed introduction of Practice Direction 36U)

How has the Covid-19 pandemic affected service of applications and Orders under the Family Law...
Goodman Ray Solicitors - The different stages of the Child Protection Process Feature
الأطفال  - 

الخدمات الاجتماعية والأطفال: المراحل المختلفة لعملية حماية الطفل

This guide breaks down the key stages of the child protection process in England, helping parents understand what happens when local authorities have concerns about a child’s welfare. It covers child in need plans, child protection conferences, the Public Law Outline (PLO) and the possible move to family court proceedings, including Emergency Protection Orders and Care/Supervision Orders.
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أخبار الطلاق  - 

Advice on how to spend your first Christmas as divorced parents

The most wonderful time of the year can also be the most trying for newly...
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أخبار قانون الأسرة  - 

الزواج القسري في المملكة المتحدة

The issues around forced marriage are by no means new, but there has been a...
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الأطفال  - 

Parental Alienation – recent developments

The current law provides that a couple can divorce if there has been an ‘irretrievable breakdown’ of their marriage. In accordance with section 1(2) of...
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أخبار الطلاق  - 

هل حان وقت الطلاق بدون خطأ؟

The current law provides that a couple can divorce if there has been an ‘irretrievable breakdown’ of their marriage. In accordance with section 1(2) of...
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حماية الأطفال وحقوقهم فيما يتعلق باستخدام أوامر الإقامة الآمنة، وأوامر الحرمان من الحرية الصادرة بموجب الولاية القضائية المتأصلة ومحكمة الحماية

In this article we will consider the powers of the Family Court to deprive a child of their liberty by use of secure accommodation orders and other orders...
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What is the current position in respect of public funding for women’s refuges?

In October 2017, a 54-page document was drafted by the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Department for Work and Pensions...
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العنف المنزلي  - 

New Zealand introduces domestic violence leave

New Zealand MP, Jan Logie, initially proposed a new bill that introduced paid employment leave for victims of domestic violence in December 2016...
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أخبار قانون الأسرة  - 

Is it the end for the Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) National Unit?

The Family Drug and Alcohol Courts (FDACs) were pioneered by the retired District Judge Nicholas Crichton in London in January 2008 on a trial basis...
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أخبار الطلاق  - 

Thum v Thum [2018] EWCA Civ 624

The Court of Appeal recently had to determine the issue of effective service of divorce proceedings under Article 16 of Council Regulation...
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أخبار قانون الأسرة  - 

المحكمة العليا تقرر أن قانون الشراكات المدنية لا يتوافق مع الاتفاقية الأوروبية لحقوق الإنسان

On 27th June 2018 the Supreme Court unanimously decided that the UK’s law on civil partnerships was incompatible with Article 14...
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أخبار قانون الأسرة  - 

The development of the law in relation to forced marriage in the United Kingdom

Until relatively recently, forced marriage was not a specific criminal offence, nor were there protective measures within...
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العنف المنزلي  - 

Domestic Abuse Bill consultation and the Law Society’s response

On the 31 May, the Government published a consultation in preparation for the new Domestic Abuse Bill, which was proposed...
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Support and Guidance for Special Guardians

A Special Guardianship Order is an order which places a child in the long-term care of someone other than their parent...
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التمويل العائلي  - 

Thompson v Ragget and others [2018] EWHC 688

If a cohabiting couple do not make wills and one passes away, the survivor has no statutory right to inherit under the intestacy rules. However...
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الأطفال  - 

بروتوكول منقح لإحالة الأسر من قبل المحكمة إلى مراكز الاتصال بالأطفال

A revised protocol for referrals of families by the court to child contact centres has recently been published. This protocol has been implemented...
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أخبار الطلاق  - 

Is it time for No Fault Divorce?

Late last month Resolution – a family law practitioners group – met for their annual conference in Bristol. Resolution operates a code...
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نقل إقامة الطفل عندما لا يمتثل أحد الأطراف لأمر المساعدة الأسرية

Judgment in the recent case of Re C (A Child) [2018] EWHC 557 (Fam) has been provided and has reinforced the consequences of breaching...
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العنف المنزلي  - 

Should victims be cross examined by domestic abusers in the family courts?

Since the abolition of Legal Aid for the majority of family cases in 2013, many individuals are making applications to court without legal representation...
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Penny Appeal publishes Islamic Adoption and Fostering Guidance

The charity, Penny Appeal, has published important guidance on Islamic adoption and fostering in the United Kingdom. The guidance comes as a result...
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أخبار الطلاق  - 

متى يمكن فسخ الزواج؟

The vast majority of couples looking to dissolve a marriage do so by the divorce process, but there are other methods of ending a marriage...
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الأطفال  - 

Further misuse of section 20 of the children Act 1989 – when will it stop?

Herefordshire Council v AB [2018] EWFC 10 is a judgment handed down earlier this year regarding two cases which were described...
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New Practice Guidance for International Child Abduction Proceedings

Sir James Munby issued practice guidance: Case Management and Mediation of International Child Abduction Proceedings on the 13th of March 2018...
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العنف المنزلي  - 

What constitutes coercive behaviour in an intimate relationship?

Domestic abuse may not always be in a physical form. A victim may not recognise that coercive behaviour has taken place as any specific incident...
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الرعاية المشتركة للأطفال عند الانفصال

When parents separate, issues in respect of the future arrangements for care of children can be some of the most problematic to resolve. Difficulties in...
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Are Polygraph tests admissible as evidence in family proceedings?

Polygraph testing, more commonly referred to as lie detector testing, has become a popular cultural phenomenon particularly due to the significant...
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أخبار قانون الأسرة  - 

الاستماع للفهم

It is the Family Mediators Association Mediation Week this week, and a welcome excuse to sing the praises of the mediation process as a constructive and...
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أخبار قانون الأسرة  - 

Myth of the Common Law Marriage and Cohabitation Agreements

The cohabiting family is the fastest growing family type in England. Despite this, there are still currently no automatic legal rights...
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أخبار قانون الأسرة  - 

Bitcoin Frenzy- Is the Family Court ready for this new development?

Despite the many reforms in family law, one could argue that the family court remains entrenched in a more old-fashioned way of dealing with matters...