The Children’s Commissioner for England is calling on members of the House of Lords to support a key amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill that would establish national thresholds for ...

With the ratification of the Republic of Korea, the 1993 Adoption Convention now has 107 Contracting Parties. It will enter ...

“We welcome these new regulations that will allow more care leavers to access social housing where they are. Too many ...

“Refuge has been clear: if the Government is serious about its pledge to halve VAWG, it must back that commitment with ...

While Women’s Aid welcomes some of the funding announcements, we urge the government to recognise that without a ...

In part one of this three-part series, we explored what it can mean to have a physical disability, inclusive language and its importance, and what support can be brought in via intermediaries and ...

The deadline to enter the Family Law Awards 2025 has been extended to Thursday 20 June, giving you extra time to showcase the people, cases, initiatives and teams that have made a difference this year ...

Andrew Bainham Emeritus Reader in Family Law and Policy University of Cambridge. This article is concerned with the reform of kinship care law in the light of recent governmental policy announcements.

The case of R v Bassaragh in January 2024 saw the Court of Appeal quash the prison sentence of a heavily pregnant woman so that she could give birth safely. Subsequently the mitigating factor ...

Sue Brookes, Mills & Reeve In this article, Sue Brookes explores why all family law specialists need to screen their clients properly for domestic abuse and she explains why domestic abuse screening ...

***SPONSORED CONTENT*** Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, explores the evidential benefits of nail drug and alcohol testing. As a leading provider of UKAS-accredited drug and alcohol ...

Ms Brewster succeeded in her application before the High Court in Belfast ([2012] NIQB 85), where Treacy J held: [59] The imposition of the additional hurdle in respect of cohabiting partners has had ...