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Am I Eligible for Legal Aid?
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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 family and children law cases. Learn about the types of cases covered, the means and merits tests, and how legal aid can help with care proceedings, adoption, contact disputes, and more. Get expert support from our specialist solicitors.
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Contacto pós-adoção: Compreender o impacto nas famílias

Learn how post-adoption contact supports children, birth families, and adopters and what courts and experts say about best practices.
Children's Human Rights Claims
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Considering Human Rights Claims in Children’s Legal Representation

Understand when a child’s human rights may be breached and how to consider legal action and making a claim against a local authority.
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Cyber Attack on the Legal Aid Agency

You may have seen in the national press that there has been a cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency.   All that we know at the moment is that a “significant...
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Cafcass updates domestic abuse practice policy

Domestic abuse practice policy updates In January 2025, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) published an updated version of their domestic abuse practice policy for Cafcass...
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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 the Family Justice System. This guidance aims to deal with barriers faced by neurodiverse individuals...
Picture of a child with a pink teddy and their mother Public Law Outline
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Understanding the Public Law Outline (PLO) Process

A guide to the Public Law Outline (PLO) process. What it involves, why you may have received a PLO letter, and what steps you can take next.
Parental Alienation
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New Guidance from the Family Justice Council on Alienating Behaviour, Previously Referred to as Parental Alienation

In December 2024, the Family Justice Council released new guidance on responding to a child’s unexplained reluctance, resistance, or refusal (RRR) to spend time with a parent and allegations of alienating...
International Women's Day
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International Women’s Day 2025

To celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March 2025, we wanted to focus on looking at victims of domestic abuse, the support they receive and options available. In order to do...
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A welcome ‘watershed’ for family courts

Previously a transparency sceptic, family lawyer and former judge Peggy Ray now supports moves to open up the family courts to public and media scrutiny – albeit with some reservations....
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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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Uma comparação entre a resolução extrajudicial de litígios

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...