All Family and children articles – Page 7
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NewsMPs demand timetable for cohabitation reform
Justice committee wants to know when Labour will implement manifesto pledge to protect women in cohabiting relationships.
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NewsMoJ finds £12.5m to expand 'less adversarial' family court pilot
Government data shows cases are being resolved 11 weeks more quickly in pilot areas and case backlog has halved.
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News‘Disordered and chaotic’ remedies hearing adjourned over procedural breaches
Recorder Chandler KC, sitting in the family court, said procedural rule breaches are ‘so significant’ he has ‘no option but to adjourn’.
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OpinionWorthy addition to a family lawyer’s library
Tony Roe reviews 'Matrimonial Finance Toolkit (2nd edition)'.
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FeatureTrends in family cases and more for 2025
Undisclosed assets in divorce, silver separations, covert recordings and digital surveillance, and protecting wealth.
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NewsLandmark neurodivergence guidance for family lawyers
Sir Andrew McFarlane says failure to recognise and accommodate neurodivergence results in unequal access to justice.
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OpinionThe arduous journey to becoming an accredited family mediator
More needs to be done by professionals in the industry to support candidates seeking accreditation.
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NewsSupreme Court dismisses father's habeas corpus care order challenge
Doctrine would apply only in 'extreme or unusual circumstances amounting to the unauthorised detention of a child'.
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NewsMoJ missing crucial data for mediation scheme
Family mediation voucher scheme extended but ministers need more data to secure longer-term funding.
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NewsIn depth: Journalists test scope of family court transparency initiative
The family court’s transparency drive is being tested as journalists seek to overturn an order restraining the identification of judges involved in proceedings relating to the murdered Sara Sharif.
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NewsCourt of Appeal rules out revocation of adoption order
Teenage siblings had supported application after moving back with their birth mother.
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NewsLead divorce judge gives guidance on reconciliation and final orders
Case before His Honour Judge Simmonds highlights that parties 'need to reflect' and 'reconciliation may be gradual'.
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OpinionA look ahead to Family Mediation Week
Session topics include hybrid mediation, academic research, digital solutions and mediation with arbitration.
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NewsCommission extends consultation deadline on disabled children's social care
Reforms would see a duty to assess clearly set out in law and an end to the postcode lottery for accessing services.
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NewsJudge slams council as he denies birth mother contact with four-year-old child
Judgment follows report last November which called for ‘greater focus’ on direct contact with birth parents.
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NewsFamily court transparency push goes national
Change to the Family Procedure Rules and new practice directions mean journalists and legal bloggers will be able to report on cases in any family court.
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NewsJudge praises lawyers for helping end 'significant' delay in adoption case
Family court judgment says delays were result of local authority's 'failure to understand its statutory obligations in respect of adoption support'.
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NewsDivorces wrongly approved due to computer error will stand, High Court rules
Application brought by the lord chancellor would not have been necessary had HMCTS investigated the issue when first alerted, says judgment.