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Refuge, the largest domestic abuse organisation in the UK, has released a new report on delivery of best practice
in domestic abuse dispersed accommodation.Ruth Davison, CEO of Refuge said:...
The Minister for Safeguarding has released a letter responding to the Domestic Abuse Commissioner on the issue of violence against women and girls. This is in reply to a 6th June letter from the...
In July 2022, the President of the Family Division launched the national deprivation of liberty court. Based at the Royal Courts of Justice, it deals with all new applications seeking authorisation to...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is keen to hear about people’s experiences with firms offering these services, over concerns that not all are complying with consumer protection...
A large-scale evaluation of the impact of Family Drug and Alcohol Courts (FDAC) as an alternative to standard care proceedings (the new legal framework introduced by the Children and Families Act in...
Dame Rachel de Souza, the Children’s Commissioner has issued a Statement on the progress of the Illegal Migration Bill. She says: "The Illegal Migration Bill has now completed Report stage in...
The ONS has released its statistics on ‘Families and households in the UK: 2022’, examining trends in living arrangements including families (with and without children), people living on...
Findings from a new Women’s Aid report show the shocking impact of the cost of living crisis, as 15.4% of women supported by the charity’s No Woman Turned Away project report not...
An ambitious blueprint to transform how adult rapes are prosecuted is being rolled out nationally by the CPS as the next stage of a commitment to drive up the number of cases taken to court and...
The Family Law Awards brings the family law community together for its biggest night of the year, celebrating excellence, networking and recognising its vital contribution to society. Now...