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Litigants forced to abandon their day in court due to over-listing are under-settling claims because they cannot face returning, MPs have...

Family lawyers have welcomed changes to the family procedure rules coming into force today which could see more disputes resolved away...

On 23 April 2024, in advance of the General Election, Gingerbread launched ‘Single Parents, Equal Families’, which it describes as its...

More than 27,000 separating families have used the Family Mediation Voucher Scheme since its introduction in March 2021. The scheme...

The government has had a change of heart on raising divorce fees by 10% after being told higher fees could force couples to remain in...

Conservative Baroness Jenkin of Kennington has raised questions in Parliament regarding the collection and publication of data concerning...

Nicole Jacobs, the Domestic Abuse Commissioner, has cautiously embraced the introduction of the Police Anti-Corruption and Abuse...

New figures published by the Ministry of Justice show that the family courts continue to face backlogs leaving more than 100,000...

Women’s Aid, alongside 57 sector colleagues, have issued an urgent letter to the Government highlighting the deepening recruitment and...

Image by Annie Spratt pixabay.com Scared and not knowing what was going on. Spoke to guardians, lawyers, police and even wrote a letter...

Domestic abuse victims needing protection will be spared the ordeal of multiple court hearings under a pilot starting this spring, a...

Parents who wilfully refuse to pay maintenance for their children will face swifter enforcement action. £20 CMS application fee will be...

I would be in interested to know what percentage of the 3.6 million cohabiting couples believe they are in a ‘Common Law Marriage’. My...

Women are likely to see their annual household income fall by an estimated 41 per cent in the first year following their divorce,...

A study from UCL, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, reveals the intergenerational impact of being taken into care, the long shadow cast...

The House of Lords has been considering amendments to the Victims and Prisoners Bill, many of which would, if approved, affect family...

he term ‘nuptial agreements’ covers pre-nuptial agreements, post-nuptial agreements and separation agreements. Since the Supreme Court...

Plans to force separating couples into mediation to keep family disputes away from court have been shelved, the government announced....

The end of 2023, 29th December to be exact saw the eight-year anniversary of the criminalisation of coercive control. The landmark...

Domestic abuse victims will be given fresh support in the form of lifeline payments to escape abuse and rebuild their lives. The Home...