HMCTS recently updated their guidance on ‘Sharing Information outside of court in family proceedings’. Sharing information about a case is sometimes called ‘disclosure of information’ or ...

Cost Update for Child Abduction and Wardship. When reviewing current costs limitation for Child Abduction and Wardship it has ...

One of the most vexed problems for the family courts and one of the most divisive of issues for parents arises from the failure of a non-resident parent to return a child to the resident parent at the ...

The Department for Education has revised and modernised the regulatory framework for fostering in England which includes national minimum standards, fostering services regulations and related ...

Liza Gordon-Saker has been appointed to be a District Judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division with effect from Monday 25 January 2010. Mrs Gordon-Saker, 50, heads Fenners Chambers ...

In Re G (Residence: Same Sex Partners) [2005] 2 FLR 957, the parties had cohabited in a same-sex relationship for 8 years, during which time the respondent gave birth to two children conceived by ...

Sir Ernest Ryder, Senior President of Tribunals, spoke on the role of the justice system in decision-making for children at the 10th International Congress of the British Association for the Study and ...

When families come to strife, arrangements must be made for the future care of any children. In some circumstances, this means an application to the courts. These ‘private law orders’ can form part of ...

Timothy Scott QC and Jonathan Tod, Barristers, 29 Bedford Row Chambers. In most areas of family finance the jurisdictional basis upon which the English court is entitled to entertain an application is ...

Hannah examines the recent case law around section 20 of the Children Act 1989 and two concerning trends: s 20 being abused or, worryingly, not used at all. Section 20 of the Children Act 1989 (the ...

Leading children's charity Barnardo's has published new data today revealing the extent of court delays in family courts in England and Wales. A five year long pattern of deterioration has led to ...