New assessment framework for private law cases published by CAFCASS
We are looking for a paralegal to join our specialist Domestic Abuse team to cover Maternity Leave until the end of October...
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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...
Le moment est-il venu de divorcer sans faute ?
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...
La protection des enfants et leurs droits dans le cadre de l'utilisation des Secure Accommodation Orders, des Deprivation of Liberty Orders prises dans le cadre de la Inherent Jurisdiction et de la Court of Protection.
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...
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...
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...
Action needed to improve protection against violence for women and girls
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has submitted a report to the UN outlining the action needed to improve protection against violence for women...
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...
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...
La Cour suprême décide que la loi sur les partenariats civils est incompatible avec la Convention européenne des droits de l'homme
On 27th June 2018 the Supreme Court unanimously decided that the UK’s law on civil partnerships was incompatible with Article 14...
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...
AB v CD [2018] EWHC 1590 (Fam)
Jemma Dally, Head of our Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility team, acted for the applicant step-father in the reported case of....
