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Read Sandra Davis' response to the Family Justice Review's interim report
The Law Society has announced that it is supporting the proposals contained in Interim Report of the Family Justice...
Read David Hodson's analysis of the new rules
New EU-wide rules which apply as of this week will result in speedier child maintenance payments when families split up.
With an estimated 16 million...
The Government has today published the controversial Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill which sets out cuts to legal aid and funding of civil litigation.
The Bill proposes to cut...
David Cameron's comments in the Sunday Telegraph that "runaway dads" should be stigmatised in the same way as drink-drivers, has been criticised by single parent charities who say he should focus...
The Sixth Meeting of the Special Commission to review the practical operation of the Hague Abduction and Child Protection Conventions has made recommendations for judges, other government officials...
Foster carers could lose £700 a year under government plans to cut benefits for social housing tenants deemed to have ‘spare' bedrooms - even if they are being used by fostered children, campaigners...
A new report published by the Department of Education recommends redirecting the funding spent by courts on making decisions on parents' child contact arrangements to programmes that help them agree...
Two companies that provide hair tests for substance abuse, which are sometimes used as evidence in care proceeding cases, have clashed after one suggested that the other's testing methods were not...
Jordan Publishing is delighted to announce the appointment of Will Ricketts as their new CEO based in the company's London office.
Will brings with him a wealth of experience in publishing having...
The Supreme Court today ruled on the correct approach to Article 13(b) of the Hague Convention in the case of E (Children) [2011] UKSC 84. The Court dismissed an appeal by a mother who refused to...