Family Law News Archives - Goodman Ray Solicitors

Goodman Ray Solicitors Family Mediation Solicitors Family Mediation Week 2026 Feature

Crianças - 28 de janeiro de 2026

Semana da mediação familiar 2026

Durante a Semana da Mediação Familiar, os mediadores da Goodman Ray ajudam as famílias a resolver litígios de forma calma e eficaz, evitando o tribunal sempre que possível. Através de MIAMs e ordens de consentimento, orientamos os clientes na obtenção de acordos sobre crianças, finanças e disposições futuras, proporcionando clareza, apoio e soluções juridicamente vinculativas adaptadas às necessidades de cada família.

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Crianças - 22 de janeiro de 2026

Ano novo, novo começo: Conselhos de Direito da Família sobre Separação, Parentalidade e Arranjos de Crianças

O Ano Novo traz frequentemente reflexão e mudança para as famílias. O aumento das pressões durante o período festivo pode levar a questões sobre a separação, a regulação da parentalidade ou o bem-estar das crianças. O aconselhamento precoce em direito da família pode ajudar os pais a compreender as suas opções, a dar prioridade aos melhores interesses das crianças e a planear os próximos passos práticos antes que os problemas se agravem.

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Crianças - 12 de janeiro de 2026

Guia do Conselho de Justiça Familiar para o Apoio a Indivíduos Neurodivergentes no Sistema de Justiça Familiar

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

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Notícias de Direito da Família - 18 Fev 2025

Transparência nos tribunais de família e Sara Sharif - o que é que isso significa?

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

Notícias de Direito da Família - 20 Jan 2025

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.

Notícias de Direito da Família - 23 Dez 2024

Acórdão do Tribunal de Recurso

P (A Child) (Abduction: Child’s Objections) Janet Broadley and Edward Nicklin (instructing Christopher Hames KC and Jonathan Evans...

Notícias sobre o divórcio - 6 Dez 2024

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...

Violência doméstica - 11 Nov 2024

Casamento forçado, casamento infantil e mutilação genital feminina (MGF): Sinais práticos e proteção jurídica

Forced Marriage, Child Marriage and FGM Whilst many of us think about Christmas decorations and...

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Notícias de Direito da Família - 29 Abr 2024

Alterações ao Regulamento de Processo de Família

On April 29th, changes to the Family Procedure Rules will be introduced. Couples in dispute...

Notícias de Direito da Família - 7 Fev 2024

New Judgment Re Z (Surrogacy: Step-parent Adoption)

Re Z (Surrogacy: Step-parent Adoption) Jemma Dally and Marie Campbell instructed Janet Bazley KC, Olivia...

Notícias de Direito da Família - 24 Nov 2023

Foi proferida sentença num processo complexo de reparação financeira conduzido por Trudi Featherstone e Hannah Lamb

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

Notícias de Direito da Família - 27 Mar 2023

O papel dos intermediários nos processos familiares

An intermediary can refer to a third party who is involved in assisting parties to...

Notícias de Direito da Família - 22 Fev 2023

Family Law Transparency Pilot Scheme

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

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Crianças - 17 Fev 2023

O que é a responsabilidade parental?

What is Parental Responsibility? Parental Responsibility (PR) is the power given to individuals to make...

Notícias de Direito da Família - 16 Fev 2023

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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Notícias sobre o divórcio - 16 Jan 2023

‘Gone to the Dogs’ – Pets & Divorce in the Family Court’

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

Notícias sobre o divórcio - 28 Nov 2022

Atrasos no tribunal arruinando vidas. Goodman Ray Solicitors oferece aconselhamento gratuito durante a Good Divorce Week 2022

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

Notícias de Direito da Família - 22 Nov 2021

Location Location Location: Marriage Venues

The Commons Library briefing paper on marriage venues was published on Tuesday 6 July 2021...

Crianças - 15 Nov 2021

Legal Aid and trapped capital

R (oao GR) v Director of Legal Aid Casework [2020] EWHC 3140 (Admin) Context ...

Crianças - 13 Ago 2021

M (Uma criança) [2021] EWCA Civ 437

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

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Notícias de Direito da Família - 10 Mai 2021

Goodman Ray Welcomes Government Mediation Voucher Scheme

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

Notícias de Direito da Família - 23 Nov 2020

Uncontested vs Contested Divorce

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

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Notícias de Direito da Família - 14 Nov 2020

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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Notícias de Direito da Família - 9 Nov 2020

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

Crianças - 4 Jun 2019

Serviços sociais e crianças: As diferentes fases do processo de proteção da criança

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.

Notícias sobre o divórcio - 15 Nov 2018

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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Notícias de Direito da Família - 1 Nov 2018

Casamento forçado no Reino Unido

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

Crianças - 4 Out 2018

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...

Notícias sobre o divórcio - 11 Set 2018

Chegou a altura do divórcio sem culpa?

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...

Crianças - 30 Ago 2018

Proteção das crianças e dos seus direitos no que se refere à utilização de decisões de alojamento seguro, de decisões de privação de liberdade tomadas ao abrigo da jurisdição inerente e do Tribunal de Proteção

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...

Violência doméstica - 20 Ago 2018

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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Violência doméstica - 13 Ago 2018

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...

Notícias de Direito da Família - 26 Jul 2018

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...

Notícias sobre o divórcio - 16 Jul 2018

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...

Notícias de Direito da Família - 9 Jul 2018

O Supremo Tribunal decide que a lei sobre uniões civis é incompatível com a Convenção Europeia dos Direitos do Homem

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

Notícias de Direito da Família - 5 Jul 2018

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...

Violência doméstica - 15 Jun 2018

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...

Crianças - 5 Jun 2018

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...

Finanças familiares - 15 Mai 2018

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...

Crianças - 11 Mai 2018

Revisão do protocolo para o encaminhamento de famílias pelo tribunal para centros de contacto para crianças

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

Notícias sobre o divórcio - 2 Mai 2018

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...

Crianças - 25 Abr 2018

Transferência da residência de uma criança quando uma das partes não cumpre uma decisão de assistência à família

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

Violência doméstica - 17 Abr 2018

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...

Crianças - 13 Abr 2018

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...

Notícias sobre o divórcio - 3 Abr 2018

Quando é que um casamento pode ser anulado?

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...

Crianças - 26 Mar 2018

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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Crianças - 20 Mar 2018

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...

Violência doméstica - 19 Mar 2018

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...

Crianças - 14 Fev 2018

Cuidados partilhados dos filhos em caso de separação

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...

Notícias de Direito da Família - 6 Fev 2018

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...

Notícias de Direito da Família - 25 Jan 2018

Ouvir para compreender

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...

Notícias de Direito da Família - 16 Jan 2018

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...

Notícias de Direito da Família - 9 Jan 2018

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...

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