No More Week 2025: The Campaign to End Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence
No More Week 2025 Impacting one in three women and one in six men globally, domestic abuse and sexual violence have long been associated with a culture of silence. Those...
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A Comparison of Non Court Dispute Resolution
Talking is almost always the best way to solve difficulties and find a way forward even in the most hopeless of situations where the situation seems unsolvable…Think about the endless...
Transparency in the family courts and Sara Sharif – what does it mean?
Introduction Debates surrounding transparency in the family courts have been a hot topic for many years now. In 2013 Sir James Munby, the then President of the Family Division, announced...
Family Mediation Week
Separating parents urged to avoid courtroom conflict as Family Mediation Week kicks off across the UK Parents living in London and Brighton who have decided to separate or divorce in...
‘Child Migration: Family and Immigration Laws’ by Jemma Dally, Kathryn Cronin and Claudia Neale
Congratulations are in order! Congratulations to Jemma Dally of Goodman Ray and Kathryn Cronin and Claudia Neale of Garden Court Chambers on the release of their book Child Migration: Family and Immigration Laws Child migration and...
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.
New Year’s resolutions: How to ensure divorce doesn’t unsettle the year ahead
Are you going through a divorce or thinking about divorcing? Whether you are currently going through a divorce or are thinking about divorcing, having some clear goals in place for...
Court of Appeal Judgment
P (A Child) (Abduction: Child’s Objections) Janet Broadley and Edward Nicklin (instructing Christopher Hames KC and Jonathan Evans of 4PB) represented the appellant mother in the Court of Appeal case of P (A...
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 separation, you would hope that Christmas is still an occasion that you can enjoy, no...
New Statutory Guidance on Kinship Care
Kinship care statutory guidance: what’s new? On Friday 11 October 2024, the Department for Education published new statutory guidance for local authorities in England. This guidance focuses on: What is...
Forced Marriage, Child Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Practical Signs and Legal Protection
Forced Marriage, Child Marriage and FGM Whilst many of us think about Christmas decorations and gifts, for some children and adults the lead up to the festive period is when...
National Care Leavers week
National Care Leavers week 28th October – 4th November At Goodman Ray, we are proud to bring more awareness to National Care Leavers Week. This is an important week as...
