The Children's Commissioner has reacted to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: "As Children’s Commissioner, I want England to be the best place for children to grow up, where every child can be ...

The decision of the Supreme Court clarifies the law on strike-out in family proceedings and provides clear guidance to lower courts on the efficient case management of financial remedy proceedings.

In Wolverhampton City Council v JA & Ors [2017] EWFC 62, Keehan J dealt with a care case which involved allegations of sexual abuse of two young girls. They were aged 13 (X) and 12 (Y) at the time of ...

The case of Re C (A Child) [2016] EWHC 3171 (Fam) (case heading: London Borough of Tower Hamlets v M and F and Others), Pauffley J raises a number of issues over where the welfare of a child may be ...

The case SM and TM and JD and Others v SSHD [2013] EWCA 1144 (Admin) has found that the Home Office policy on discretionary leave to remain is unlawful. The case concerned foreign national children ...

It is well established that the UK is experiencing a rapidly growing and aging population, with an estimated 12 million people over the age of 65. These people are more likely to suffer from multiple ...

The Master of the Rolls and the President of the Family Division have issued new guidance on McKenzie Friends in light of the increase in litigants-in-person in all levels of the civil and family ...

Resolution, and our partners in the family law community, have been holding detailed conversations with the Bar for some time regarding family advocacy work in the post-LASPO landscape. It is ...

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The recent tragedy of Baby P highlights a problem which is beginning to appear regularly within the ongoing child protection debate. If the language of statute is framed only vaguely, the assistance ...

Parents have a duty to maintain their children irrespective of the amount of time they spend with them or what country they live in. However international payment can be difficult to enforce. Parents ...

This article is based on an address to Jordans Annual Family Law Conference, London, October 2014. It is a great honour to be addressing you today, an honour that is enhanced when I reflect that I ...