Family Law provides a platform for debate for all the important topics, from divorce and care proceedings to transparency and access to justice. If you would like to contribute please email ...

The programme, unveiled by the Department for Education (DfE) on 16 January 2026, is intended to address long-standing concerns about inconsistency in SEND training across the education workforce and ...

A new report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has identified serious and persistent failures within England’s ...

Overall, she argues that, despite initial appearances, the Standish decision does not exacerbate inequality in divorce outcomes by unfairly advantaging the wealthier spouse, and actually progresses ...

This article analyses the Court of Appeal’s judgment of Re HMP on the application of the Open Justice Principle in the Family Justice System in light of the new rules on transparency and its wider ...

In the light of the Law Commission’s recently commenced project on Kinship Care, the author looks at some decisions of the Family Court which have involved prospective or current kinship carers. Such ...

Family Law provides a platform for debate for all the important topics, from divorce and care proceedings to transparency and access to justice. If you would like to contribute please email ...

It is not unusual for witnesses to give evidence from abroad in family cases. Do any procedural rules apply? If so, what are they? What practical problems might arise with witnesses giving evidence by ...

In this article, Francesca Massarella explores how an effective co-working policy between adult mental health services and children’s social care can create more positive outcomes for families ...

This article explores the complex interaction between international child abduction proceedings brought under the 1980 Hague Convention or the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court and common ...

Australia has recently taken a bold legislative step in recognising this reality. The Family Law Amendment (Pets and Other Measures) Act 2024 (Cth) now requires Australian family courts to actively ...

Russell Sandberg Professor of Law Cardiff University. The government has announced that it is to press ahead with reform of the law on getting married and is to follow the approac ...