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In response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOI) request made by The Transparency Project to 172 councils, 12 English councils have confirmed, sent or published documents showing that they use...

A study examining the impact of shorter family court care proceedings on children found more ended up in stable placements and those still needing one faced less of a wait.The evaluation, published...

In October 2016, Cafcass received a total of 3,505 new private law cases. This figure represents a 9% increase compared to those received in October 2015 and marks the second highest...

In October 2016, Cafcass received a total of 1,141 care applications. This figure represents a 5% increase compared to those received in October 2015. Cafcass received 8,595 new care...

Figures released today (4 November 2016) show that the cohabiting couple family continues to be the fastest growing family type in the UK in 2016.The latest statistical bulletin, Households and...

The IFLA Children Scheme launched in July 2016. In the December issue of Family Law Suzanne Kingston, Family Partner at Withers LLP, Accredited Arbitrator and Teacher for the IFLA Arbitration...

The High Court has ruled that it cannot award legal parenthood to the biological parents of twins born through a UK surrogacy arrangement, because the surrogate who carried them has refused to give...

Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw has written to Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary raising concerns about the contribution of police to safeguarding children.In his letter, Sir...

Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, has issued a statement on the judicial website clarifying the status of draft guidance on anonymising judgments published in August 2016 by the...

A woman who discovered that her civil partner, who died intestate in 2013, had hidden assets worth millions of pounds in business assets during the dissolution of their relationship has won a legal...

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