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Kinship carers left without support after making snap decisions to prevent children entering care

19 OCT 2026

MPs urge Apple and Google to introduce nudity-blocking technology on children’s smartphones

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Housing shortages hamper councils’ efforts to provide safe accommodation for domestic abuse survivors

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Costs of supporting children in care rise by £1bn a year, LGA analysis finds

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SRA consults on updating solicitor competence standards to reflect AI and technology

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Law Society warns agentic AI is outpacing justice system safeguards

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Lucy represents parents in public law care proceedings, often where there are complex allegations of domestic violence, drug abuse and neglect or international aspects to the case. She has experience of working with clients with learning difficulties. Lucy also represents parents in private law cases where there are issues of residence and contact. Lucy can represent victims of domestic violence who require emergency injunctions. She can also advise on divorce, civil partnership dissolution and financial disputes stemming from relationship breakdowns for married and cohabiting couples.

Michael Allum is an Partner at The International Family Law Group LLP.

Michael works predominantly in the divorce, forum and finance team. He has a wide breadth of knowledge in all issues following the breakdown of a relationship.

Much of Michael’s work involves complex international issues and/or high net worth cases. He has a particular interest in jurisdictional issues and forum disputes. Michael also undertakes a lot of cases involving financial provision in the English court following an overseas divorce (known as Part III) and obtaining English pension sharing orders when divorce and financial proceedings are taking place in another country.

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Kinship carers left without support after making snap decisions to prevent children entering care

More than seven in 10 kinship carers had little or no time to prepare before taking responsibility for a relative’s or friend’s child, with many left without adequate support, according to new...

MPs urge Apple and Google to introduce nudity-blocking technology on children’s smartphones

More than 100 MPs have called on Apple and Google to introduce nudity-blocking technology on children’s smartphones without delay, amid concerns about rising levels of online child sexual abuse and...

Housing shortages hamper councils’ efforts to provide safe accommodation for domestic abuse survivors

Councils in England are receiving more than one request a day from victims and survivors of domestic abuse seeking safe accommodation, but shortages of suitable housing and financial pressures are...

Costs of supporting children in care rise by £1bn a year, LGA analysis finds

Councils in England spent £9.5bn supporting children in care in 2025/26, an increase of almost a third in real terms since 2022/23, according to analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA).The...

The adaptive nature of coercive control: how domestic abuse and coercive control operate through family court and professional systems

Nicola Robson, University of ManchesterDr Elizabeth Dalgarno, Director and Founder of SHERA Research GroupIn England and Wales, coercive and controlling behaviour has been criminalised (Serious Crime...

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