The Way Ahead: Repealing the Presumption of Parental Contact
The government has announced plans to repeal the presumption of parental in...
Family Mediation Week 2026
During Family Mediation Week, Goodman Ray's mediators help families resolve...
New Year, New Start: Family Law Advice on Separation, Parenting & Child Arrangements
The New Year often brings reflection and change for families. Increased pre...
What is Transnational Marriage Abandonment?
Transnational marriage abandonment is a recognised form of domestic abuse t...
Top Tips for Separated or Divorcing Parents Navigating Christmas
Christmas can be a challenging time for parents navigating separation or di...
International Human Rights Day: A Family Law Perspective on “Our Everyday Essentials”
International Human Rights Day reminds us that dignity, safety, and fairnes...
Recognition of Foreign Adoption Orders
Foreign adoptions that fall outside the Hague Convention or overseas adopti...
Who Pays for University Fees Following Separation and Divorce?
Deciding who pays university fees after separation or divorce can be comple...
Post-Adoption Contact
Post-adoption contact can help children maintain important links with birth...
Am I Eligible for Legal Aid? A Guide to Public Funding in Family Law.
Goodman Ray explains how to find out if you’re eligible for legal aid in fa...
Considering Human Rights Claims in Children’s Legal Representation
Understand when a child’s human rights may be breached and how to consider...
Understanding the Public Law Outline (PLO) Process
A guide to the Public Law Outline (PLO) process. What it involves, why you...
What is Parental Responsibility?
Parental Responsibility – A look into the recent ruling of Re A (Parental R...
How can technology help parents and children cope after separation?
We live in an era where the way in which we live would be unrecognisable...
The Necessity of Fact Finding Hearings in Respect of the Welfare of the Children
The case of K v K (2022) was before the court of appeal in respect...
What is Parental Responsibility?
What is Parental Responsibility? Parental Responsibility (PR) is the power...
Legal Aid and trapped capital
R (oao GR) v Director of Legal Aid Casework [2020] EWHC 3140 (Admin) Contex...
M (A Child) [2021] EWCA Civ 437
This is a case in which Peggy Ray represented the child (M), through her ch...
Conduct and Contribution – Goodman Ray represents husband in Court of Appeal financial relief case
Izzy Jaques of our matrimonial and finance team represented the husband in...
Successful appeal helps clarify what amounts to notice to end an adoption placement
Jemma Dally of Goodman Ray represented the prospective adopters who succeed...
What is a Child Arrangements Order?
A Child Arrangements Order is an order that is made by the court pursuant t...
Public Law – Understanding the Local Authority and Children
Public Law – Understanding the Local Authority and Children When a lo...
Managing child arrangements in the coronavirus crisis
The national emergency as a result of Covid-19 has been unprecedented. Cons...
Social Services and Children: The Different Stages of the Child Protection Process
This guide breaks down the key stages of the child protection process in En...
Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2019 comes into force
On 15 March 2019, the Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilat...
What is parental responsibility, who has it and how can it be obtained?
What is parental responsibility? Parental responsibility (PR) allows an ind...
New assessment framework for private law cases published by CAFCASS
We are looking for a paralegal to join our specialist Domestic Abuse team t...
Parental Alienation – recent developments
The current law provides that a couple can divorce if there has been an ‘ir...
The protection of children and their rights in relation to the use of Secure Accommodation Orders, Deprivation of Liberty Orders made under the Inherent Jurisdiction and the Court of Protection
In this article we will consider the powers of the Family Court to deprive...
AB v CD [2018] EWHC 1590 (Fam)
Jemma Dally, Head of our Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility team, acted for...
Support and Guidance for Special Guardians
A Special Guardianship Order is an order which places a child in the long-t...
Revised protocol for referrals of families by the court to child contact centres
A revised protocol for referrals of families by the court to child contact...
Transferring the residence of a child when a party does not comply with a Family Assistance Order
Judgment in the recent case of Re C (A Child) [2018] EWHC 557 (Fam) has bee...
Penny Appeal publishes Islamic Adoption and Fostering Guidance
The charity, Penny Appeal, has published important guidance on Islamic adop...
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...
New Practice Guidance for International Child Abduction Proceedings
Sir James Munby issued practice guidance: Case Management and Mediation of...
Jemma Dally acts for Family Rights Group in Supreme Court case of Williams and another (Appellants) v London Borough of Hackney (Respondent) UKSC 2017/0037
Jemma Dally, Partner and Head of our International Child Care Department ac...
Shared care of children on separation
When parents separate, issues in respect of the future arrangements for car...
