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Many have experienced their own Black Lives Matter moment in the last 12 months, a sharp realisation of entrenched prejudices and inequalities that still exist in our society.In the family justice...
The Family Law Awards 2021 is now open for entries! You can enter here.The awards will be held on Wednesday 24 November 2021.There are 21 categories, including two categories launched last year:...
In November 2020 Spice Girl Mel B was in the news, despairing about how the legal costs of trying to relocate her daughter Madison from the US to England were likely to bankrupt her, leading to her...
The Domestic Abuse Bill is one of 16 Bills which have received Royal Assent ahead of the prorogation of Parliament. The ‘landmark’ Domestic Abuse Act is designed to provide greater protection to...
The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory (NFJO) has published a report following its survey into the use of supervision orders in care proceedings. The survey focused on...
Rose Harvey-Sullivan, 7BRSpecial Guardianship Orders are increasingly used by the family courts as a means of keeping a child with family or friends in circumstances when their parent is unable to...
Rebekah Wilson, Garden Court ChambersPerhaps it takes an unprecedented pandemic to clearly see the shape of justice for children in the UK. Long before Covid started to ravage the normality of all...
BASW England is pleased to announce the launch of new guidance for child and family social workers supporting victim-survivors of domestic abuse.The guidance is aimed at...
Are we serious about reducing the family court backlog? Triggered by the huge backlog in family courts, the government’s family mediation voucher scheme was broadly welcomed by...