In a bizarre divorce case from the States, a story has come to light that conjures images from Game of Thrones rather than a family court. A 40 year old man from Kansas, David Ostrom, had Read More
Family Mediation Week will highlight the importance of mediation in family matters and will run between January 20th and 24th. The campaign, launched by The Family Mediators Association (FMA), will raise awareness of mediation and Read More
LawCare, the legal mental health and well being charity has teamed up with academics from the University of Sheffield and The Open University to launch the free ‘Fit For Law’ course. ‘Fit For Law’ is Read More
Following draft legislation laid down by the government on 16 January, television cameras will be given the authority to broadcast the sentencing remarks of judges in some high-profile courts throughout England and Wales. Applying to the Read More
Response to consultation D-day for replies to the consultation report of the Working Group on Medical Experts in the Family Courts of the President of the Family Division is 31 January 2020. Consultation questions are on page 53 Read More
The University of Wolverhampton has estimated that more than 133,000 children and young people in London are living without a secure immigration status, meaning they are restricted from accessing higher education, employment and housing. The Mayor Read More
The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) has released the “Child abuse extent and nature, England and Wales: year ending March 2019” report. The report brings together a range of different sources from across the Read More
A pilot scheme that introduced a procedure for using an online system to generate applications in certain private law proceedings relating to children, has been extended until the 27th January 2020. Originally set to run until Read More
It is hard to go anywhere this week without hearing something about Harry and Meghan, or the term #Megxit. The news that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have decided to take a step back Read More
The story of Prince Harry and Meghan Markel (the ‘Sussexes’) and their life with the English media, prompts reflections on the law of press freedom and privacy as derived from common law, prompted by European Read More
Webinar:Source of Funds – let technology remove the risk Date: 16th January Time: 10.00am __________________ Technology advances regardless of which sector people work in. It’s true that some sectors move a lot quicker than others Read More
The High Court has ruled on a case involving an incapacitated man (QD) a habitual resident in Spain who was brought back to England by his adult children (TD and BS) against the wishes of Read More
Family law organisation, Resolution, has ‘commended’ Government after it reinstated and reintroduced the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill into Parliament earlier this week. Nigel Shepherd, Long-time campaigner and former Chair of Resolution, said: “We welcome Read More
Register for our upcoming webinar: OnDMARC: The questions law firms want answering Email redirection fraud was a lucrative tool in the criminal underworld accruing £123.7 million from UK account holders in 2018 alone, according to a UK Read More
A topic of conversation currently dominating the news is rape. Two headlines across many of the front pages are the Ayia Napa case and the Weinstein trial. If you have been on a social media Read More
The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill has been reintroduced by the Government from today (7th January 2020). The Bill, which will stop ‘blame game’ divorces in the future, was shelved following the proroguing of parliament and Read More
The first ever successful birth from IVF in the UK took place on the 25th July 1978 and since, there have been over five million babies born thanks to the procedure. IVF will be a last Read More
Scanning through Twitter quickly shows family law solicitors showing their annoyance at the term ‘Divorce Day’. Divorce Day has been coined by the media as the first working day back after Christmas where, supposedly, solicitors Read More
8 days after the General Election, the day following the State Opening, the ballot was held to allocate the order in which private member’s bills will be introduced to the House of Lords. For the Read More
Thousands of opposite-sex couples have been able to enter into a civil partnership since the start of the new decade. At the start of December, the Government’s new regulations came into force allowing opposite-sex Read More