The Law Society has published its Parliamentary briefing on the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill, more commonly known as the Divorce Bill. Giving its ‘unequivocal support in the introduction to the Divorce Bill, welcoming the Read More
St John’s Buildings has welcomed barrister Andrew Mountain into its family law team. Specialising as a solicitor in family law for 35 years, Andrew Mountain transferred to the Bar in 2019 and has joined St John’Read More
Education secretary Gavin Williamson has urged councils to prioritise finding vulnerable young people a stable, loving home. Calling on council to not ‘shy away from putting children forward for adoption’, Williamson has asked them to Read More
Following a judge’s “outdated views” on the definition of rape, a High Court Judge has called for family court judges to receive training on the “appropriate” ways to handle rape cases. It emerged earlier Read More
A Judge has rejected that future earnings from a husband’s band tour should be classed as a matrimonial asset susceptible to being shared in their financial remedy claim. Considering the case of a base Read More
The Government Equalities Office (GEO) has called for victims of sexual harassment to share their stories in an aim to strengthen protections for employees from sexual harassment. The survey, one of the largest of its Read More
A new bereavement law has been introduced, that will allow parents who have lost a child the opportunity to grieve, without the worry of work or finances, for two weeks. Under current UK rules, parents Read More
Over 70,000 people have applied to divorce online, according to information from HM Courts and Tribunal Services (HMCTS) given to Tony Roe, a consultant at Penningtons Manches Cooper in Reading. Following the president of the Family Read More
A transgender woman has given up her five-year family court battle to see her five children. Following the revelation that the woman, only known as J, had been living as a woman, she had left Read More
The new Lord Mayor of Birmingham, and former chairman of Birmingham Central Mosque, has been widely criticised by campaigners for dismissing concerns regarding domestic violence and forced marriages. Shaista Gohir, the head of the Muslim Read More
The Alliance of Sport, together with the Youth Justice Boards for England and Wales (YJB) have secured a £1,000,000 grant from the London Marathon Charitable Trust. Thanks to match funding and in-kind resources, the grant has Read More
A father of a woman who was killed by her ex-boyfriend, has said that new powers that came into force on Monday 20th January 2020, could have made a “critical difference” in the case of his Read More
The UK’s largest domestic violence charity, Refuge, has reported that 72% of its service uses have expressed that they have experienced tech abuse. Perpetrators of domestic abuse are increasingly using technology to abuse their victims, Read More
In a bizarre divorce case from the States, a story has come to light that conjures images from Game of Thrones rather than a family court. A 40 year old man from Kansas, David Ostrom, had Read More
Following draft legislation laid down by the government on 16 January, television cameras will be given the authority to broadcast the sentencing remarks of judges in some high-profile courts throughout England and Wales. Applying to the Read More
The University of Wolverhampton has estimated that more than 133,000 children and young people in London are living without a secure immigration status, meaning they are restricted from accessing higher education, employment and housing. The Mayor Read More
The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) has released the “Child abuse extent and nature, England and Wales: year ending March 2019” report. The report brings together a range of different sources from across the Read More
A pilot scheme that introduced a procedure for using an online system to generate applications in certain private law proceedings relating to children, has been extended until the 27th January 2020. Originally set to run until Read More
It is hard to go anywhere this week without hearing something about Harry and Meghan, or the term #Megxit. The news that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have decided to take a step back Read More
A topic of conversation currently dominating the news is rape. Two headlines across many of the front pages are the Ayia Napa case and the Weinstein trial. If you have been on a social media Read More