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The number of cohabiting couples across the UK now stands at 3.3 million, making it the fastest growing family form, and it has become the norm for first partnerships.Cohabitation: Law Practice and...
At 31 March 2017, there were 203 children accommodated in secure children’s homes in England and Wales, a decrease from 210 last year.The Secure Accommodation Handbook is a complete guide to the law,...
Members appointed to improve life for young people in care.Butterworths Scottish Family Law Service provides a single source of reference on all aspects of the law as it affects married and unmarried...
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, has appointed 21 Deputy High Court Judges, under section 9(4) of the Senior Courts Act 1981, for a single...
On 16 May 2017, Zimran Samuel, Kirsty Brimelow QC and Mr Justice Keehan welcomed a packed room to speak about Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)Members of the judiciary, lawyers, the Police, medical...
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published its latest report on children benefiting from effective family-based child maintenance arrangements after contacting the Child Maintenance...
In April 2017, Cafcass received a total of 1,029 care applications. In April 2016, Cafcass had received 1,226 care applications, continuing a steady increase each April since 2014. However, the April...
In April 2017, Cafcass received a total of 3,219 new private law cases. In April 2016, Cafcass had received 3,461 private law cases, following on from 2,859 in April 2015. The figure for April 2017...
2017 marks the 25th edition of The Family Court Practice (the Red Book), with the first edition having been published in 1993, at a time when the legal landscape was very different.When the first...
The Work and Pensions Committee Child Maintenance Service (CMS) inquiry was published today, following its launch in July 2016.The resulting report concluded that the ideal outcome for separated...
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