Children’s rights, Cafcass figures and more
A week in family law Perhaps it has something to do with the time of year, but there haven’t been an awful lot of family law stories of importance this week. Still, I have come up with the following....
View ArticleHow realistic is some of the proposed guidance on domestic abuse and children...
I have been following family law-related news stories for a long time now, both as a family lawyer and as a writer on family law matters. During that time a particularly depressing type of story has...
View ArticleAre the best interests of the child no longer paramount?
Marilyn Stowe writes: In this special guest post Paul Apreda of FNF Both Parents Matter Cymru gives his personal take on the recent review of Practice Direction 12J and the emotive topic of domestic...
View ArticleDomestic abuse claims in two thirds of all child contact hearings
Close to two thirds of family court applications concerning living arrangements for children feature allegations of domestic abuse new research suggests. According to a new report from Cafcass and...
View ArticleCafcass report ‘betrayed the trust’ of fathers (update)
Campaigning charity Families Need Fathers (FNF) has condemned last week’s joint report by Cafcass and Women’s Aid as ‘betraying the trust’ of fathers. The report claimed that no less than 62 per cent...
View ArticleCouncil control could see thousands of refuges closed
Government plans to give local councils sole control over housing funds could lead to thousands of domestic violence refuges closing, Women’s Aid has claimed. Currently housing benefit provides...
View ArticleDomestic abuse, cohabitation awareness and more
A WEEK IN FAMILY LAW The Chancellor of the Exchequer has given divorcing couples relief from higher rates of stamp duty, in his Autumn Budget. The higher rates, which imposed a 3 per cent surcharge on...
View ArticleFGM, children cases, statistics and more
A week in family law Statistics regarding the incidence of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in England, for the period from July to September 2017, have been published by the NHS. During that period...
View ArticleFDACs, marriages, and domestic abuse
A WEEK IN FAMILY LAW Well, actually a bit more than a week, as I’m starting with a couple of stories that I omitted from my roundup last Friday. The first story is about the problem-solving Family Drug...
View ArticleContact ideas, refuges and shouting barristers
A week (well, nearly) in family law Lord Justice McFarlane has put forward some interesting ideas regarding the issue of contact, both in relation to contact with adopted children by members of their...
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