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Kirsty Richards, Director and Head of Family, National Legal ServiceWhat do perpetrators of domestic abuse look like? To truly make progress in helping victims of domestic abuse we need to understand...
Roger Isaacs, Milsted Langdon AccountantsIn this article, Roger Isaacs, an experienced forensic accountant and mediator, shares tips on the efficient use of accountancy experts in Family Financial...
Women’s Aid, alongside 57 sector colleagues, have issued an urgent letter to the Government highlighting the deepening recruitment and retention crisis within the sector, calling for an...
Graeme Fraser, Partner and Head of Family, BBS Law In this article, I report on the FJC annual debate on 7th December on the above-titled motion. Arguments in support of the motion are...
The Children’s Commissioner has written a blog called "Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children: record numbers arriving once again in Kent".She says: "My unique responsibility as Children’s...
Innocent people who have suffered miscarriages of justice, personal harm or injury are among those who will benefit from upcoming changes to legal aid means testing coming into effect this...
Dr Bianca Jackson, Family law barrister, Coram ChambersThis is Part 1 of a three-part article exploring the possible legal difficulties for schools and colleges that adopt the Department for...
Philip Way, Mills & ReevePensions remain a challenging area for practitioners advising clients on divorce. An international element to a case adds an additional tier of complexity. This...
Tracy Lakin, St Ives ChambersIn recent years, there has been a marked increase in the use of the inherent jurisdiction of the family court for the making of Deprivation of Liberty Orders in relation...