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John Bolch

John Bolch often wonders how he ever became a family lawyer. He no longer practises, but has instead earned a reputation as one of the UK's best-known family law bloggers.
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John Bolch often wonders how he ever became a family lawyer. He no longer practises, but has instead earned a reputation as one of the UK's best-known family law bloggers.
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3 JUN 2020

The appalling extent of child abuse The appalling extent of child abuse
Earlier this year, the Office for National Statistics (‘ONS’) published its first ‘compendium’ of statistics for child abuse in England and Wales, for the year ending March 2019. As it contains some...
3 JUN 2020
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1 MAY 2020

The case M v F: Defective child arrangements order set aside The case M v F: Defective child...
The case M v F: For reasons that will soon become apparent I shall start this post with a very brief outline of the procedure on an application for a child arrangements order.FHDRAOnce the...
1 MAY 2020
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6 MAR 2020

Education is the key to dealing with domestic abuse Education is the key to dealing with...
Mrs Challen killed her husband Richard in 2010, by striking him repeatedly with a hammer. She was subsequently convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum tariff of 22 years....
6 MAR 2020
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18 FEB 2020

Domestic abuse prosecutions without the victim’s support Domestic abuse prosecutions without the...
Evidence-led domestic abuse casesHM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (‘HMCPSI’) and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (‘HMICFRS’) have published a joint report on...
18 FEB 2020
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12 FEB 2020

Lessons to be learned after judge criticised for ‘obsolescent’ views Lessons to be learned after judge...
A family case has recently been the subject of an unusual level of attention from the media, both legal and mainstream, much of it reflecting badly upon the family justice system. I thought I should...
12 FEB 2020
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4 FEB 2020

Study finds abusers use parental alienation to gain contact with children Study finds abusers use parental...
Earlier this month a study exploring the emergence and development of parental alienation (‘PA’) in England and Wales was published in the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. The...
4 FEB 2020
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11 SEP 2019

A look at children law north of the border A look at children law north of the...
I noticed in the news last week that the Scottish Government has published new legislation that aims to amend the law relating to children north of the border. I thought it would be instructive to see...
11 SEP 2019
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