Under sections 65 and 66 of the Domestic Abuse Act, the court will appoint a qualified legal representative (QLR) to ...

Domestic abuse (DA) remains one of the most pressing issues within child protection systems. A recent meeting of the Quality Circle, chaired by Gemma Taylor KC and featuring Professor Brid ...

Cost Update for Child Abduction and Wardship. When reviewing current costs limitation for Child Abduction and Wardship it has ...

HMCTS recently updated their guidance on ‘Sharing Information outside of court in family proceedings’. Sharing information ...

There are more than 85 unofficial Sharia courts operating in the UK, a new report by the rightwing think tank Civitas has revealed. The courts, which usually apply Sharia law in family or financial ...

Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996 (the 1996 Act) sets out the basic legislative framework for the protection of victims of Domestic Violence in England and Wales. With very limited exceptions all ...

An FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) prevention programme has been launched by the Department of Health and NHS England at the Girl Summit. The programme of work focuses on prevention and care, with the ...

Family analysis: Catherine Wood QC, of 4 Paper Buildings, reviews the decision in Re M (International Relocation: Welfare Analysis) [2017] EWCA Civ 2356 in which the Court of Appeal held that the ...

Marianna Michaelides and April Buxton, of the International Family Law Group LLP, look at the complex court orders that confirm with whom a child is to live and/or spend time. What is a child ...

In November 2020 Spice Girl Mel B was in the news, despairing about how the legal costs of trying to relocate her daughter Madison from the US to England were likely to bankrupt her, leading to her ...