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Resolution has issued guidance for litigants in person on remote hearings in the Family Court, designed to help litigants through the court process....
The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has announced that it has published two new protocols setting out its approach to returning to in-person work with children and...
Families are increasingly concerned about succession and preserving family wealth across multi-generations. Integral to this is designing and implementing estate planning measures to provide for, and...
On 7 July 2020, the Court of Appeal handed down its Judgment in Holt v Holley & Steer [2020] EWCA Civ 851 providing new guidance on the assessment of the date of damage for the purposes of primary...
The introduction of a ‘no fault’ divorce system will mean that couples will be able to petition for divorce jointly without either person being held at fault.The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation...
The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill (session 2019-2021) received royal assent on 25 June 2020 as the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020....
The scale of domestic abuse has increased during the COVID-19 lockdown period. Whilst an increase was predicted by experts in this field and echoed in the media, there is a no surprise that the...
The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory (NFJO) has recently published a rapid consultation on the use of remote hearings in family law cases during the Covid 19 pandemic.The NFJO was asked by the...
Anne Longfield, the Children's Commissioner has called for summer scheme support for children. She is concerned that the wider impact on children of school closures is not being given enough...
Further funding has been announced to support local authorities in caring for vulnerable children by the Minister for Immigration Compliance, Chris Philp.For the third time in 4 years, the Home Office...