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Family Division liaison judge Mr Justice Poole has made what is believed to be the first transparency order to allow reporting of a case...

In December 2022, Cafcass received 4,131 new children's cases (6,424 children). The average daily demand level in December 2022 was 243...

From 31 January 2023, legal representatives must submit and manage applications for contested financial remedy online using MyHMCTS....

Four law firms have signed up to a scheme backed by the president of the Family Division to support employees going through a divorce or...

On 9 January 2023 the Home Office announced up to £18 million per year over 2 years towards the next phase of the Domestic Abuse...

On 9th January the NSPCC launched their 'Listen Up, Speak Up' via a pilot campaign to provide training to spot and report abuse, and give...

HMCTS has contacted Resolution and other professional user groups in relation to the completion of Form A on the online portal. Members...

A decision on the future of mediation vouchers designed to keep families' disputes away from court will be announced ‘in the near...

The Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law has announced the publication of the Practitioners' Tool:...

The Family Mediation Council has again organised Family Mediation Week, an opportunity to raise awareness of family mediation and of the...

Women's Aid has published new research revealing the impact of the cost of living crisis on specialist support services working with...

Women's Aid has published new research revealing the impact of the cost of living crisis on specialist support services working with...

The Home Office has announcedthat over £17 million has been awarded to programmes across England and Wales to support children affected...

The Law Society has published a five-point plan to help the government resolve the 'chaos in our courts'. Read the full article below....

The House of Commons Library has published a helpful briefing outlining support available for victims and survivors of domestic abuse...

A solicitor who kept clients in the dark about their immigration status – and even fabricated a letter purporting to be from the Home...

Former minister Helen Grant MP is one of the few solicitors to be recognised in the first New Year honours list of the reign of King...

Coram Voice and the Rees Centre at the University of Oxford have reported the Bright Spots Research '10,000 voices: the views of children...

The Domestic Abuse Commissioner, building upon the October 2021 Report 'Safety before Status' has now published "Safety Before Status:...

Ofsted has published its Annual Report 2021/22, which examines the quality of schools, early years, children's social care and further...