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

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 ...

Unaccompanied asylum seeking children arriving in the UK are in desperate need of the full range of social care and health services available from public authorities. Most asylum seekers who enter the ...

Once viewed as an exception, shared care arrangements are now fast becoming the go-to solution for many courts in private child arrangements disputes. However, is this shift happening too rapidly?

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...