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Beth Hibbert, 1GC Family LawThis article considers private law applications by grandparents to spend time with their grandchildren, particularly in cases where there is hostility between the parent...
Baljinder Bath, Family law barrister, 4PBSophie Mitchell, Media law barrister, St Pauls ChambersIn this article, Baljinder Bath, family law barrister at 4PB, and Sophie Mitchell, media law barrister...
Katharine Landells, WithersThis article challenges the common assumption that children arbitration is unsuitable where safeguarding concerns arise. While acknowledging that issues such as domestic...
Sarah Jane Lenihan, Partner, Dawson Cornwell LLPThis article explores the increasing use of AI by self-represented litigants involved in family disputes.As legal aid diminishes and costs rise many are...
Mavis Maclean CBE, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of OxfordThe delay and distress for parents resorting to the Family Justice System to make the necessary...
Trisan Hyatt, Family Law Barrister, 5 Pump Court ChambersThis article examines the growing recognition of the impact of trauma and the ability to engage and make meaningful changes on parents involved...
James Dove, Harcourt Chambers This article examines the increasingly fraught boundary between child welfare powers and capacity law when local authorities seek to restrict the liberty of 16- and...
Jo Delahunty KC, Barrister, 4PBFiona Holloran, Barrister, 18 St John Street ChambersJames Nottage, Barrister, 4PBThe article considers five judgments in A
Local Authority v X and Y, a child protection...
Sally Bradley, Barrister, 4PBIn this article, Sally Bradley, Barrister at specialist family law chambers 4PB outlines the reasons for the increase in Family Court delays and its impact on the welfare...
Rebecca Cross, Barrister, St Ives ChambersFeargus Campbell, Barrister, St Ives ChambersThis article examines the rare but legally significant circumstances in which costs orders may be made against...