Three recent decisions considered whether a Nuptial Agreement (‘NA’) should be upheld. The contexts were varied: in one before a District Judge, the parties were middle class legal professionals with ...

Most children are well-served by the education sector and, in social care, life-changing work is being done for children and ...

In the UK, more than a third of children in families with a child aged under 5 are living in poverty. Growing up in poverty ...

This three-part discussion examines the role and impact of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) in care proceedings highlighting its holistic approach to supporting families. Part 1 outlines the ...

This paper describes an innovative approach to assist the outcome of entrenched private law contact and residence disputes where dependent children are caught up in their parents' 'chronic' ...

In Wolverhampton City Council v JA & Ors [2017] EWFC 62, Keehan J dealt with a care case which involved allegations of sexual abuse of two young girls. They were aged 13 (X) and 12 (Y) at the time of ...

Daniel T Wilcox, Executive Director at Wilcox Psychological Associates. This paper examines issues arising over recent years in respect of instructing psychological experts in Car ...

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 ...

This article assesses some recently published statistics for 2022 on joint and sole notifications of divorce and civil partnership dissolution – these statistics being the first to map the effect of ...

This work realistically keeps the wheels of the County Court turning. Case management decisions taken in boxwork are far more rare within the Family Court, albeit there appears to be no particular ...

This article explores the complexities surrounding customary marriages focusing on their legal recognition and the possible implications for individuals who have entered into both customary and civil ...

Daniel Currie considers whether the ‘absolute bar’ on making use of things said or done at an FDR will withstand modern developments. He explores the history of the rules relating to FDR privilege and ...