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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 updates domestic abuse practice advice

Domestic abuse 'a scourge on our society', says president

Gazing into the Brexit crystal ball

Pippa Allsop looks ahead to some of the potential problems facing international families – and family practitioners – when the UK leaves the EU

Understanding the litigant in person

Conduct yourself with others as you would hope to be dealt with if in that same position, writes District Judge Howard Kemp

More 'Dear Sam' letters?

Carla Ditz looks at the recent decision of Mr Justice Jackson in which he delivered his judgment in the form of a letter to a 14-year-old boy

Munby P: Government support for LiPs 'sadly inadequate'

Family court procedures and rules are unintelligible to litigants in person

Unintended consequences of new divorce petition

New form could lead to an increase in applicants naming a third party out of malice or inadvertence, warns John Darnton

The couple that arbitrates together…

Philip Hunter considers what a new arbitration scheme designed to avoid forum shopping will mean for international marriage disputes