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HM Courts & Tribunals Service has published a blog detailing the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) on hearings. Pre-pandemic, HMCTS states that the use of video technology for live participation...
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A quarter of family justice professionals are on the verge of quitting the profession as the toll of lockdown on their mental health becomes clear, the family law group Resolution revealed today,...
Young people aged 16 and 17 who become homeless can be housed under the Housing Act or the Children Act. The piece of legislation they are housed under will affect what support they are entitled to,...
The government has responded to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse custodial institutions report about placement in secure children's homes....
The Family Justice Council (FJC) has published information about the Experts Sub-Committee which held its inaugural event hosted by Mr Justice Williams on 25 March 2021. The event was aimed at medical...
The Department for Work and Pensions has new statistics on separated families. In the latest financial year ending 2020 it is estimated that there were 2.4 million separated families in...
The Department for Education has published an independent report by Sir Alan Wood CBE on the implementation of new multi-agency arrangements to safeguard children. The report makes various...
The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has published an update regarding the significant backlogs caused by working constraints of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in...
Official statistics (ONS (2016), March 2015 Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW)) show that around 2 million people suffer from some form of domestic abuse each year in the UK. In...