Cafcass has said it would need around 200 additional social workers to roll out the government’s flagship private law ...

The wait is over – entries are now open for the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2026, the most anticipated and prestigious event in the legal calendar.

Children told counsellors that their anxiety was linked to a range of pressures, including bullying, body image, school stress, abuse and trauma, as well as wider global issues such as climate change, ...

A coalition of more than 120 charities and organisations working with children has called on Ministers to make children’s rights a statutory duty, warning that England is falling behind Wales, ...

Children in custody continue to face unsafe conditions, poor access to education and weak relationships with staff, according to the latest annual review from HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMI Prisons).

The provisions of ss 26(2)(b), (3) and (4), alongside s 27(1)(a) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, are well established in the statute book. They will be well known to practitioners and judges, ...

The Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales has criticised the government for failing to act with sufficient ...

Our articles are written by experts in their field and include barristers, solicitors, judges, mediators, academics and professionals from a range of related disciplines. Family Law provides a ...

Our articles are written by experts in their field and include barristers, solicitors, judges, mediators, academics and professionals from a range of related disciplines. Family Law provides 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 ...

In this article Chloe Branton considers the current position regarding parental responsibility for married and unmarried fathers and outlines some recent and historic cases that have examined this ...

What is ‘non-molestation’? How do family courts, by order, deal with ‘molestation’, as it is now defined in law? What is ‘domestic violence’ or (if different) ‘domestic abuse’? Each of these different ...