‘Make the world a Refuge’, a powerful short film exploring the diverse forms of domestic abuse, has been awarded Charity Film ...

Domestic abuse (DA) remains one of the most pressing issues within child protection systems. A recent meeting of the Quality ...

Under sections 65 and 66 of the Domestic Abuse Act, the court will appoint a qualified legal representative (QLR) to ...

The Work and Pensions Committee Child Maintenance Service (CMS) inquiry was published today, following its launch in July 2016. The resulting report concluded that the ideal outcome for separated ...

This article examines the difficult and often emotive issue of disclosure of highly personal information about one party to other parties within public law proceedings under the Children Act 1989. The ...

Sadly, whilst we know that we must do our best for these individuals, the knowledge around what good practice could and should look like is not well-known. In this three-part series, we will explore ...

Oral fluid (saliva) drug testing is classified as a ‘narrow-window’ (short-term) testing method, meaning it can be used to detect very recent drug use (up to 48 hours after drugs were first consumed).

Two recent family court decisions explore whether the statutory threshold under the Children Act 1989 can be met when parental harm occurs before a child’s birth or after a parent’s death.

Susan Tilley, Solicitor and Mediator. I think this particular thing needed somebody a bit more on the ball a bit more used to dealing with factors that were financial rather than emotional because we ...

Settling cases is rewarding for a family lawyer. Sometimes we need help in doing so, in particular the help of a lawyer/mediator adept at finding an imaginative solution in a challenging situation.

The Court of Protection uses the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to determine a protected party’s (P’s) capacity to make decisions and where P lacks capacity to determine P’s best interests in that area of ...

The Charity Commission, the independent regulator of charities in England and Wales, has opened a statutory inquiry into the charity Kids Company, which closed this month. The Commission’s inquiry ...