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The well-being of children living in foster care is under threat from government funding cuts to local authority budgets in England, The Fostering Network is warning following a survey of foster...
Roger McCarthy QC, Coram ChambersRe N (Children) [2016] UKSC 15 unanimously allowed the appeal from an order transferring the care proceedings pursuant to Art 15 of Brussels IIa. The Supreme...
Figures released by Cafcass show that, in March 2016, the number of private law cases received increased by 4% from March 2015 levels. A total of 3,287 new...
Latest figures released by Cafcass reveal that new care applications received in March 2016 are at an all-time high for the month of March.In March 2016, Cafcass received a total...
Although there is a greater judicial appetite for ex-spouses to provide for themselves financially, maintenance awards made by the family courts in England and Wales are still close to the dependency...
As the second anniversary of a landmark divorce law change approaches, new figures obtained by a leading family charity show government policy aimed at promoting mediation as the preferred way of...
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The Nuffield Foundation has appointed a team from Lancaster University and the Alliance for Useful Evidence to undertake a scoping study that will establish the purpose, functions,...
The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision dismissing a husband's claim of diplomatic immunity from his wife's claims for financial remedy following divorce.In Estrada v Al-Juffali [2016] EWCA Civ...
Family Justice Council launches guide on divorce for litigants in personThe Family Justice Council has launched a new financial guide to help people going through a divorce without a lawyer.Available...