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Significant changes to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) are coming into effect for 2025/26, with ...
The government has announced an extra £18 million for councils in England to speed up reforms to children’s social care, ...
The changes will be rolled out alongside the nationwide expansion of Best Start Family Hubs, which will offer wraparound ...
Victims of the most serious sexual and violent crimes could soon benefit from new “restriction zones” designed to confine ...
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 ...
Amanda Weston KC, Garden Court Chambers Maya Achan, Coram Chambers In December 2024, a hybrid audience of some 100 invitees gathered to hear the 17 th annual Family Justice Council debate. This year’s ...
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 ...
Hannah Rought-Brooks considers the legal framework, post Brexit, for placing children outside the jurisdiction in the EU during or at the conclusion of care proceedings.
We're delighted to announce the shortlist for the Family Law Awards 2022, to be held on Monday 28 November 2022 at a new, larger venue: The Park Plaza, Westminster. You can book your table here.
Frances Harris Harcourt Chambers This article aims to debunk those myths surrounding autism and to encourage practitioners to have autism firmly on their radars when conducting public law proceedings.
The President of the Family Division has very recently handed down his decision in this matter of Re: S (A Child) (Jurisdiction) [2022] EWHC 1720 (Fam) in which we acted for the successful applicant ...
FLiP has been a strong supporter of family arbitration as a means of resolving disputes away from the courts since family arbitration was introduced into England & Wales in February 2012. In fact, it ...