MyHMCTS Updates: How to use online financial remedy services

The latest updates from MyHMCTS. How to use online financial remedy services HM Court and Tribunals services have updated their online financial remedy services by adding share a case information which includes new screens and guidance. Last month HMCTS also updated versions of Onboarding guidance (consent and contested). For updates click here.
The legal position of unmarried parents

Rachel Freeman, partner at Kingsley Napley LLP discusses the legal position of unmarried parents. Although English law does not have the concept of the “common law” husband or wife, if an unmarried couple has a child or children, the legal position is set out in the Children Act 1989. Parental responsibility An adult can make […]
A Parenting Apart Programme that puts children first

A Parenting Apart Programme (PAP) has been specifically designed to bring children’s emotional wellbeing to the forefront by supporting those parents going through conflict, divorce or separation. The needs of children who are caught in the middle of separating parents are more often not met because the parent’s communication has completely broken down and battling […]
Nuffield FJO seek professional views about supervision orders

Nuffield Family Justice Observatory (Nuffield FJO) has launched a brand new consultation this month about supervision orders and their use in care proceedings. The launch of the supervision order survey is seeking views in relation to “those cases where a stand-alone supervision order was made in relation to at least one of the children involved […]