Protecting children at risk of abuse and stopping vulnerable children falling through the cracks are at the heart of a ...
The Children's Commissioner has responded to the sentencing of the father and stepmother of Sara Sharif: ...
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 ...
Lecturer in Law, University of Buckingham: The mention of 'incest' leads to a sense of revulsion, regardless of whether the context is non- consensual, or true consensual incest between adults. The ...
*but didn’t ask because… if you were that interested in Chancery work you wouldn’t have become a family lawyer 1. A classic trope of the horror movie is the unexpected return from the dead of ...
DDJs sitting in civil work undertake a large bulk of administrative work in boxwork. This work realistically keeps the wheels of the County Court turning. Case management decisions taken in boxwork ...
There are more than 85 unofficial Sharia courts operating in the UK, a new report by the rightwing think tank Civitas has revealed. The courts, which usually apply Sharia law in family or financial ...
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 ...
Until relatively recently practitioners dealing with financial remedy work were rarely troubled by the issue of costs at the conclusion of a contested final hearing. However with the introduction from ...
One of Germany's wealthiest women will seek to enforce a pre-nuptial contract next week in a landmark appeal that, if she is successful, would leave her former investment banker husband with nothing.