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 ...

Funding for preventive services doubled to over half a billion pounds to drive restoration in family and parenting support ...

In this article the author considers the law and practice surrounding modern cremation and the cremation aspects of the Law Commission’s recent consultation paper on Burial and Cremation. Cremation is ...

The Kinship Young Champions’ film project funded by BBC Children in Need highlights the 141,000 children in kinship care in ...

Most will agree that the relationship between the 1980 and 1996 Hague Conventions is a match made in heaven. However the intersection between the 1970 Hague Evidence Convention and the 1980 Hague ...

In the case of PMC (a child by his mother and litigation friend FLR) v A Local Health Board [2024] EWHC 2969 (KB) Nicklin J handed down a significant judgment on applications for anonymity and ...

This article explores the principles of care for children deprived of their liberty including the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory’s recent recommendations on the care provision for children who ...

In this article Shiva Ancliffe KC and Caroline Croft set out the law in relation to the designation of care and supervision orders, highlighting the relevant statutory provisions and extracting the ...

Following Mrs Justice Black elevation to the Court of Appeal, Peter Jackson QC has been appointed as a High Court Judge with effect from 1 October 2010. Peter, 54, is a member of 4 Paper Buildings and ...