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The Care Crisis Review, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and facilitated by the Family Rights Group, has published its report. The report considers how to address the crisis in children’s social care...
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has found that there has been a ‘significant reorientation of spending towards statutory help for children in crisis’, and that children’s services spending has...
The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett, gave a speech on ‘the age of reform’, at the fifth BAILII lecture – now to be called the Sir Henry Brooke Annual Lecture – on 7 June.Discussing the courts...
The June issue of Family Law is published. Articles include:Embracing change David James ListerThe Nuffield Family Justice Observatory: taking it forward Nuffield Family Justice Observatory...
Form A and Form A1 have been amended in discussion with members of the Financial Proceedings Working Party of the Family Procedure Rule Committee. These changes are in consequence of the amendments to...
Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, spoke on the theme of ‘What is family law? – securing social justice for children and young people’ at the Eleanor Rathbone Social Justice...
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has analysed three years of data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales to help develop insight into which women are most at risk of experiencing abuse by...
Women’s Aid have launched a report with Queen Mary University of London which highlights how the family courts are failing to uphold domestic abuse victims’ human rights by not consistently providing...
The deadline for nominations for the Family Law Awards 2018 has been extended to midday on Friday 15 June due to popular demand and school holidays. There are 19 award categories to choose from,...
Issue 2 of International Family Law Journal 2018 is published. Articles include:'Avoiding the cross hairs – criminal liability arising from surrogacy arrangements in Hong Kong and the UK' Marcus...