The Way Ahead: Repealing the Presumption of Parental Contact
The government has announced plans to repeal the presumption of parental in...
Children’s Voices to Move Further to the Forefront of Family Law Decisions
The UK is expanding child-focused courts to ensure children’s voices are he...
Surrogacy in England and Wales – What you need to know
Surrogacy offers a route to parenthood for individuals and couples who may...
أسبوع الوساطة الأسرية 2026
During Family Mediation Week, Goodman Ray's mediators help families resolve...
عام جديد، بداية جديدة: مشورة قانون الأسرة بشأن الانفصال والأبوة والأمومة وترتيبات الأطفال
The New Year often brings reflection and change for families. Increased pre...
ما هو التخلي عن الزواج عبر الوطني؟
Transnational marriage abandonment is a recognised form of domestic abuse t...
من يدفع الرسوم الجامعية بعد الانفصال والطلاق؟
Deciding who pays university fees after separation or divorce can be comple...
الاتصال بعد التبني: فهم التأثير على الأسر
Learn how post-adoption contact supports children, birth families, and adop...
Considering Human Rights Claims in Children’s Legal Representation
Understand when a child’s human rights may be breached and how to consider...
دليل مجلس العدالة الأسرية لدعم الأفراد ذوي التباين العصبي في نظام العدالة الأسرية
The Family Justice Council has recently published essential guidance on neu...
الشفافية في محاكم الأسرة وسارة شريف - ماذا تعني الشفافية في محاكم الأسرة؟
Introduction Debates surrounding transparency in the family courts have bee...
Understanding the “Trauma Lens” in Family Law
A trauma lens is an approach that focuses on the impact of past or present...
حكم محكمة الاستئناف
P (A Child) (Abduction: Child’s Objections) Janet Broadley and Ed...
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...
الزواج القسري وزواج الأطفال وتشويه الأعضاء التناسلية للإناث: العلامات العملية والحماية القانونية
Forced Marriage, Child Marriage and FGM Whilst many of us think about Chris...
التغييرات في قواعد إجراءات الأسرة
On April 29th, changes to the Family Procedure Rules will be introduced. Co...
حكم جديد يتعلق ب Z (تأجير الأرحام: التبني من أحد الوالدين)
Re Z (Surrogacy: Step-parent Adoption) Jemma Dally and Marie Campbell instr...
Judgment is now available in a complex financial remedies case conducted by Trudi Featherstone and Hannah Ward
We are pleased to share that judgment is now available in a complex financi...
دور الوسطاء في الإجراءات الأسرية
An intermediary can refer to a third party who is involved in assisting par...
Family Law Transparency Pilot Scheme
On 30th January 2023, a reporting pilot scheme was launched in the Cardiff,...
ما هي مسؤولية الوالدين؟
What is Parental Responsibility? Parental Responsibility (PR) is the power...
‘Gone to the Dogs’ – Pets & Divorce in the Family Court’
Pets & Divorce in the Family Court ‘Dog Law’ as it is sometimes known,...
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 D...
Location Location Location: Marriage Venues
The Commons Library briefing paper on marriage venues was published on Tues...
Legal Aid and trapped capital
R (oao GR) v Director of Legal Aid Casework [2020] EWHC 3140 (Admin) Contex...
م (طفل) [2021] EWCA Civ 437
This is a case in which Peggy Ray represented the child (M), through her ch...
غودمان راي ترحب بخطة قسيمة الوساطة الحكومية
The government has today announced that it is investing £1m in family media...
الطلاق غير المتنازع عليه مقابل الطلاق المتنازع عليه
Uncontested vs Contested Divorce – What’s the difference? Divor...
هل الحدود عائق أمام التواصل؟ الأسر الدولية المنفصلة في زمن فيروس كورونا المستجد
Are Borders Barriers to Contact? Separated International Families in a Time...
كيف أثرت جائحة كوفيد-19 على خدمة الطلبات والأوامر بموجب قانون الأسرة لعام 1996؟ (الترحيب بإدخال التوجيه الإجرائي 36U)
How has the Covid-19 pandemic affected service of applications and Orders u...
الخدمات الاجتماعية والأطفال: المراحل المختلفة لعملية حماية الطفل
This guide breaks down the key stages of the child protection process in En...
نصائح حول كيفية قضاء أول عيد ميلاد لكما كوالدين مطلقين
The most wonderful time of the year can also be the most trying for newly.....
الزواج القسري في المملكة المتحدة
The issues around forced marriage are by no means new, but there has been a...
Parental Alienation – recent developments
The current law provides that a couple can divorce if there has been an ‘ir...
هل حان وقت الطلاق بدون خطأ؟
The current law provides that a couple can divorce if there has been an ‘ir...
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...
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 Commu...
New Zealand introduces domestic violence leave
New Zealand MP, Jan Logie, initially proposed a new bill that introduced pa...
هل هي النهاية للوحدة الوطنية لمحكمة الأسرة لمكافحة المخدرات والكحوليات (FDAC)؟
The Family Drug and Alcohol Courts (FDACs) were pioneered by the retired Di...
ثوم ضد ثوم [2018] EWCA Civ 624
The Court of Appeal recently had to determine the issue of effective servic...
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 o...
The development of the law in relation to forced marriage in the United Kingdom
Until relatively recently, forced marriage was not a specific criminal offe...
Domestic Abuse Bill consultation and the Law Society’s response
On the 31 May, the Government published a consultation in preparation for t...
الدعم والإرشاد للأوصياء الخاصين
A Special Guardianship Order is an order which places a child in the long-t...
Thompson v Ragget and others [2018] EWHC 688
If a cohabiting couple do not make wills and one passes away, the survivor...
بروتوكول منقح لإحالة الأسر من قبل المحكمة إلى مراكز الاتصال بالأطفال
A revised protocol for referrals of families by the court to child contact...
Is it time for No Fault Divorce?
Late last month Resolution – a family law practitioners group – met for the...
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 bee...
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,...
Penny Appeal publishes Islamic Adoption and Fostering Guidance
The charity, Penny Appeal, has published important guidance on Islamic adop...
متى يمكن فسخ الزواج؟
The vast majority of couples looking to dissolve a marriage do so by the di...
المزيد من إساءة استخدام المادة 20 من قانون الأطفال لعام 1989 - متى سيتوقف ذلك؟
Herefordshire Council v AB [2018] EWFC 10 is a judgment handed down earlier...
New Practice Guidance for International Child Abduction Proceedings
Sir James Munby issued practice guidance: Case Management and Mediation of...
What constitutes coercive behaviour in an intimate relationship?
Domestic abuse may not always be in a physical form. A victim may not recog...
الرعاية المشتركة للأطفال عند الانفصال
When parents separate, issues in respect of the future arrangements for car...
Are Polygraph tests admissible as evidence in family proceedings?
Polygraph testing, more commonly referred to as lie detector testing, has b...
الاستماع للفهم
It is the Family Mediators Association Mediation Week this week, and a welc...
خرافة الزواج العرفي واتفاقيات المعاشرة
The cohabiting family is the fastest growing family type in England. Despit...
Bitcoin Frenzy- Is the Family Court ready for this new development?
Despite the many reforms in family law, one could argue that the family cou...
