The case of Re X (A Child) [2014] EWHC 2522 (Admin) prompts the question whether the family court should not hear all issues with administrative law aspects or on other interventions by public bodies.

Leading drug, alcohol and DNA testing laboratory, AlphaBiolabs, has made a £500 donation to Carers Trust Solihull as part of ...

The Work and Pensions Committee Child Maintenance Service (CMS) inquiry was published today, following its launch in July 2016. The resulting report concluded that the ideal outcome for separated ...

BASW England is pleased to announce the launch of new guidance for child and family social workers supporting victim-survivors of domestic abuse. The guidance is aimed at social workers within the ...

Following the case of Hamilton v Hamilton [2013] EWCA Civ 13, [2013] 1 FLR (forthcoming), this article explores the developments in the law relating to, on the one hand, lump sums and, on the other, ...

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, the Thatcher Government fixed its sights on child maintenance. In January 1990, in what was to be her last year in office, Mrs Thatcher (as she then was) ...

This article is based on an address to Jordans Annual Family Law Conference, London, October 2014. It is a great honour to be addressing you today, an honour that is enhanced when I reflect that I ...

Heard by the Supreme Court in December 2019, with its judgment last July, this case attracted much interest (or “lurid publicity” as per Mr Justice Mostyn in his judgement this week) as it unfolded.

This article looks at the outcome of the costs hearing in the long running case of AB v CD [2016] EWHC 2482. The general rule in relation to costs in family financial remedy proceedings is ‘no order’ ...

Although, the couple cannot apply for a dissolution order before a year has elapsed from the date of the formation of the civil partnership, either could apply, within the year, for a separation order ...

Anna Yarde, Barrister, Harcourt Chambers: The landscape of private law children disputes is changing rapidly. Changes in legal aid have resulted in a significant increase in the number of litigants in ...

This article looks at three recent and important decisions under the Inheritance etc. Act 1975; namely, Ilott v Mitson, Iqbal v Ahmed (both Court of Appeal 2011) and Lilleyman v Lilleyman (Briggs J, ...