An article covering the recent rollout of Pathfinder from a practitioner in Birmingham. This article initially focusses on ...

The Family Law Awards return this autumn for what promises to be another exceptional evening of celebration, recognition and ...

Family Routes is a longitudinal study intended to track the needs, experiences and outcomes of children leaving care on an ...

In recent years there have been calls for a change in the law to protect vulnerable adults from falling victim to what has become known as “predatory marriage”. This is due to a rise in cases where ...

'I’m a common-law wife' (No you’re not) 1. A classic trope of the horror movie is the unexpected return from the dead of something terrifying. Hence at the end of Friday the 13th the seemingly dead ...

The Court of Appeal has considered the question of whether it is fair and appropriate for a Court of Protection Judge to visit the person who lacks mental capacity and about whom the Judge is being ...

The Ministry of Justice has published a page on the gov.uk website bringing together guidance for legal professionals on the new rules for various areas of legal practice. The page can be found here.

Language matters. In his famous 1946 essay Politics and the English Language George Orwell pointed out that there is a relationship of cause and effect between what we say or write and what we think. ...

The Sentencing Council is consulting on updated sentencing guidelines for offenders convicted of child cruelty offences, including causing or allowing death or serious injury, or neglect in England ...

This paper demonstrates that the assumption of accidental bruising in non-mobile infants being rare is not supported by research. It highlights weaknesses in the evidence-base and shows that between 0 ...

The new Family Procedures Rules 2010 establish a comprehensive modernised code of family procedure replacing a large body of unconsolidated rules, guidance and forms for different courts and different ...

This article examines the family court’s response to child sexual abuse (CSA) allegations in private law cases, revealing critical gaps in data, research, and training.