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بچے • 28 جنوری 2026

خاندانی ثالثی ہفتہ 2026

خاندانی ثالثی ہفتہ کے دوران، گڈمین رے کے ثالث جہاں ممکن ہو عدالت سے گریز کرتے ہوئے تنازعات کو پرسکون اور مؤثر طریقے سے حل کرنے میں خاندانوں کی مدد کرتے ہیں۔ MIAMs اور رضامندی کے احکامات کے ذریعے، ہم کلائنٹس کو بچوں، مالیات اور مستقبل کے انتظامات سے متعلق معاہدوں تک پہنچنے میں رہنمائی کرتے ہیں، ہر خاندان کی ضروریات کے مطابق وضاحت، مدد، اور قانونی طور پر پابند حل فراہم کرتے ہیں۔.

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بچے • 22 جنوری 2026

نیا سال، نیا آغاز: علیحدگی، والدین اور بچوں کے انتظامات پر خاندانی قانون کا مشورہ

نیا سال اکثر خاندانوں کے لیے عکاسی اور تبدیلی لاتا ہے۔ تہوار کے دوران بڑھتا ہوا دباؤ علیحدگی، والدین کے انتظامات یا بچوں کی بہبود کے بارے میں سوالات کا باعث بن سکتا ہے۔ خاندانی قانون کے ابتدائی مشورے والدین کو ان کے اختیارات کو سمجھنے، بچوں کے بہترین مفادات کو ترجیح دینے اور مسائل کے بڑھنے سے پہلے عملی اگلے اقدامات کی منصوبہ بندی کرنے میں مدد کر سکتے ہیں۔.

Goodman Ray Solicitors Transnational Marriage Abandonment Domestic Abuse Solicitors Feature Image

بچے • 12 جنوری 2026

فیملی جسٹس کونسل کی گائیڈ فیملی جسٹس سسٹم میں نیورو ڈائیورجینٹ افراد کی مدد کرنے کے لیے

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

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فیملی لا نیوز • 18 فروری 2025

فیملی کورٹس میں شفافیت اور سارہ شریف کا کیا مطلب ہے؟

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

فیملی لا نیوز • 20 جنوری 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.

فیملی لا نیوز • 23 دسمبر 2024

اپیل کا فیصلہ عدالت

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

طلاق کی خبر • 6 دسمبر 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...

گھریلو تشدد • 11 نومبر 2024

جبری شادی، چائلڈ میرج اور فیمیل جینٹل میٹلیشن (FGM): عملی نشانیاں اور قانونی تحفظ

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

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فیملی لا نیوز • 29 اپریل 2024

خاندانی طریقہ کار کے قواعد میں تبدیلیاں

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

فیملی لا نیوز • 7 فروری 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...

فیملی لا نیوز • 24 نومبر 2023

ٹروڈی فیدرسٹون اور ہننا لیمب کے ذریعے چلائے گئے ایک پیچیدہ مالی علاج کیس میں فیصلہ اب دستیاب ہے۔

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

فیملی لا نیوز • 27 مارچ 2023

خاندانی کارروائیوں میں ثالثوں کا کردار

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

فیملی لا نیوز • 22 فروری 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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بچے • 17 فروری 2023

والدین کی ذمہ داری کیا ہے؟

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

فیملی لا نیوز • 16 فروری 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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طلاق کی خبر • 16 جنوری 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...

طلاق کی خبر • 28 نومبر 2022

کورٹ بیک لاگز زندگیاں برباد کر رہے ہیں۔ گڈمین رے سالیسیٹرز گڈ طلاق ویک 2022 کے دوران مفت مشورہ دیتے ہیں۔

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

فیملی لا نیوز • 22 نومبر 2021

Location Location Location: Marriage Venues

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

بچے • 15 نومبر 2021

Legal Aid and trapped capital

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

بچے • 13 اگست 2021

M (A Child) [2021] EWCA Civ 437

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

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فیملی لا نیوز • 10 مئی 2021

Goodman Ray Welcomes Government Mediation Voucher Scheme

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

فیملی لا نیوز • 23 نومبر 2020

Uncontested vs Contested Divorce

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

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فیملی لا نیوز • 14 نومبر 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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فیملی لا نیوز • 9 نومبر 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

بچے • 4 جون 2019

سماجی خدمات اور بچے: بچوں کے تحفظ کے عمل کے مختلف مراحل

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.

طلاق کی خبر • 15 نومبر 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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فیملی لا نیوز • 1 نومبر 2018

برطانیہ میں جبری شادی

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

بچے • 4 اکتوبر 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...

طلاق کی خبر • 11 ستمبر 2018

کیا یہ بغیر غلطی کے طلاق کا وقت ہے؟

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...

بچے • 30 اگست 2018

محفوظ رہائش کے احکامات کے استعمال کے سلسلے میں بچوں اور ان کے حقوق کا تحفظ، موروثی دائرہ اختیار اور عدالت کے تحفظ کے تحت بنائے گئے آزادی کے احکامات سے محرومی

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...

گھریلو تشدد • 20 اگست 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...

Should domestic abuse victims be cross examined - Picture of a female in distress with her head in her hands in a darkened room.

گھریلو تشدد • 13 اگست 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...

فیملی لا نیوز • 26 جولائی 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...

طلاق کی خبر • 16 جولائی 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...

فیملی لا نیوز • 9 جولائی 2018

سپریم کورٹ کا فیصلہ ہے کہ سول پارٹنرشپ کا قانون انسانی حقوق کے یورپی کنونشن سے مطابقت نہیں رکھتا

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

فیملی لا نیوز • 5 جولائی 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...

گھریلو تشدد • 15 جون 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...

بچے • 5 جون 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...

فیملی فنانس • 15 مئی 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...

بچے • 11 مئی 2018

عدالت کی طرف سے خاندانوں کے بچوں کے رابطہ مراکز کو ریفرل کرنے کے لیے نظر ثانی شدہ پروٹوکول

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

طلاق کی خبر • 2 مئی 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...

بچے • 25 اپریل 2018

جب کوئی پارٹی فیملی اسسٹنس آرڈر کی تعمیل نہیں کرتی ہے تو بچے کی رہائش گاہ کو منتقل کرنا

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

گھریلو تشدد • 17 اپریل 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...

بچے • 13 اپریل 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...

طلاق کی خبر • 3 اپریل 2018

نکاح کب فسخ ہو سکتا ہے؟

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...

بچے • 26 مارچ 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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بچے • 20 مارچ 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...

گھریلو تشدد • 19 مارچ 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...

بچے • 14 فروری 2018

علیحدگی پر بچوں کی مشترکہ دیکھ بھال

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...

فیملی لا نیوز • 6 فروری 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...

فیملی لا نیوز • 25 جنوری 2018

سمجھنا سننا

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...

فیملی لا نیوز • 16 جنوری 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...

فیملی لا نیوز • 9 جنوری 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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