News

• 23 OCT 2018 News -

  MPs urge government to tackle sexual harassment of women and girls in public places

  The UK government is failing to address "routine and sometimes relentless" sexual harassment in...

• 23 OCT 2018 News -

  MPs call for stronger action to tackle domestic abuse

  The House of Commons Home Affairs Committee has published its Report into Domestic Abuse. The...

• 23 OCT 2018 News -

  Report: Child marriage victims claim UK law legitimises abuse

  In 2017, the British government's Forced Marriage Unit received reports of about 1,200 girls and...

• 22 OCT 2018 News -

  'We failed them' - Australian PM apologises to child sex abuse victims

  Australia's new Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, issued 22 October a nation-wide apology to...

• 22 OCT 2018 News -

  Nottingham firm Sills & Betteridge expands family law team

  Nottingham law firm Sills & Betteridge is expanding its family law unit as divorce and...

• 18 OCT 2018 News -

  Reform and the future of family justice: where is the court modernisation programme heading?

  The following is an extract from a talk delivered by the immediate past President of the Family...

• 18 OCT 2018 News -

  Research launched to assess whether biased advice is distorting access to justice

  A new research project will examine whether vulnerable people representing themselves in child...

• 16 OCT 2018 News -

  International Family Law Group launch Australian AI technology

  A successful Australian service that uses Artificial Intelligence to enhance the way family...

• 15 OCT 2018 News -

  Volume of care order applications falls

  According to the latest figures released by Cafcass, a total of 1,065 new care order applications...

• 12 OCT 2018 News -

  The future of the Family Division

  The Personal Support Unit (a charity that supports those who have to represent themselves in...

• 09 OCT 2018 News -

  Hundreds of legal professionals gather for Resolution conference

  Resolution is holding its annual Dispute Resolution Conference in Nottingham this week. For...

• 08 OCT 2018 News -

  Family Law Awards 2018: voting closes soon!

  Voting for the Family Law Awards is set to close on Friday 19 October If you haven’t cast your...

• 06 OCT 2018 News -

  Bellwether Report 2018: An allegiance to the status quo?

  LexisNexis has released the latest in its series of Bellwether reports A dangerous allegiance to...

• 27 SEP 2018 News -

  Latest Family Court statistics show 18% rise in matrimonial cases starting

  The Ministry of Justice has released its quarterly Family Court Statistics, for the period April...