Uncertainty surrounding a child’s paternity can cause significant complications in Family Court proceedings. In cases ...

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 ...

The issue of single parent families has attracted the attention of headline writers for more than a generation. But in the reporting of data relating to them, much of it centres on the two million ...

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Family analysis: Siddique Patel solicitor at Shoosmiths discusses the decision of the Court of Appeal overturning that of Williams J when he ruled that an Islamic Nikah ceremony could be classed as a ...

Relationships have been in the news in 2018. Not only did we see two Royal weddings, but at the opposite end of the romance spectrum, in June the UK Supreme Court ruled that it was discriminatory not ...

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 ...

Emma Vincent, Barrister, New Court Chambers The term ‘good enough’ parenting has become a standard against which the court evaluates the ability of parents and wider family members to parent and care ...

'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 ...

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