Children

The criminal and family courts have made strides in support for vulnerable parties – are the civil courts finally about to catch up? Rachel Rothwell reports

Nuffield Family Justice Observatory (NFJO) has pledged to develop the first national, evidence-based guidelines for professionals undertaking care proceedings involving newborn babies.

The 2013 protocol can be a useful tool in private Children Act cases where you need to obtain police records, as Mariko Wilso

Judges in family cases should not adjourn final decisions simply to “press the pause button” the Court of Appeal ha

Domestic abuse survivors have been asked by government for their experiences of how the family court protects them and their children in private famil

The Ministry of Justice has launched a three-month inquiry into child protection in family courts after more than 120 MPs called for a review on behalf of victims of domesti

The Law Society of England and Wales has welcomed the government’s proposed reforms of divorce law today, after a consultation found family law practitioners to be broadly in support of th