Rachel Davenport, Director at AlphaBiolabs, said: “By combining refuge, community outreach and education, Nottinghamshire ...

Uncertainty surrounding a child’s paternity can cause significant complications in Family Court proceedings. In cases ...

Responding to the Government's Spending Review, Gemma Sherrington, CEO of Refuge, said: Today’s Spending Review should have marked a defining moment for the Government’s pledge to halve violence ...

In this article published in Family Law August 2024, the authors expand on their June 2023 article, ‘Recent scientific developments in hair strand testing and racial bias in current practices of hair ...

The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory has published a briefing paper to prompt discussion and reflection about how artificial intelligence (AI) could potentially improve experiences for families and ...

This paper demonstrates that the assumption of accidental bruising in non-mobile infants being rare is not supported by research. It highlights weaknesses in the evidence-base and shows that between 0 ...

Frances Harris Harcourt Chambers This article aims to debunk those myths surrounding autism and to encourage practitioners to have autism firmly on their radars when conducting public law proceedings.

In this article the authors consider the law concerning whether to conduct fact-finding exercises in public children law cases. They highlight the relevant provisions of the FPR 2010 and outline the ...

In this article Chloe Branton considers the current position regarding parental responsibility for married and unmarried fathers and outlines some recent and historic cases that have examined this ...

The Tipstaff is often one of the first topics of discussion raised by new clients who have been accused of abducting their children. Questions that I am regularly asked are “ What is the Tipstaff?” ...

Keywords: International child protection – Hague Children Convention 1996 – Jurisdiction – Transfer of jurisdiction In England and Wales, children involved in public law care proceedings may have ...

Clarissa Wigoder, Barrister, 4PB Mani Singh Basi, Barrister, 4PB This article reviews the development of the law on interim separation/removal in care proceedings since the judgment of the Court of ...