At the end of October, the Government announced that they would repeal the presumption of parental involvement – currently enshrined in the Children Act 1989 – some five years after the Harm Panel report recommended
The Court of Appeal heard the case of Helliwell (respondent) v Entwistle (appellant) and many lawyers had the benefit of watching the livestream of the hearing via the Court of Appeal website. Mr Entwistle seeks
In 2015, the charity Place2Be launched its first Children’s Mental Health Week and this now takes place in February each year (3-9 February 2025). Those who work in the family law sphere witness firsthand some
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have reportedly settled their well-publicised divorce through mediation, with an agreement being reached in September 2024 after their official separation in August 2024. The pair married in July 2022, following
With effect from 27 January 2025 the Reporting Pilot, that has aimed to bring greater transparency to the family courts, will be extended to all courts in England and Wales. As I reflected on this,
The laws governing financial claims when a couple separate are complex and date back over 50 years. Many say they are ripe for reform. The last Conservative government agreed, as they asked the Law Commission