Children

Articles

Identifying and defining harm

Lawyers welcome reform of divorce laws to enable no-fault divorce

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 the change.

Looking after looked-after children

Heather Thomas considers how the fundamentally different disciplines of family law and criminal law can work together to help achieve better outcomes for vulnerable children

Munby P: Judicial intervention not the answer to helping those like 'X'

'Blood on our hands' remark and press interest led to swift action, says lawyer

Religion and the welfare of the child, part 2

A recent case demonstrates the difficult position of the courts where the gulf between the parents' communities is 'too wide for the children to bridge', writes Hannah Greene

The challenges of enforcing orders relating to children

Philip Hunter discusses the delicate balance to be struck between demonstrating robust justice for the breach of an order and recognising the best interests of the child

Munby P in bid to get more judges involved in settlement conferences pilot

President of family division renews 'full support' for less adversarial approach

Rape as a tool of war

Sexual violence against women is no longer seen as just a by-product of conflict, yet there is still more to be done to ensure perpetrators of rape are brought to justice, writes Hilary Lennox