Children

In this article we will consider the powers of the Family Court to deprive a child of their liberty by use of secure accommodation orders and other orders...

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has submitted a report to the UN outlining the action needed to improve protection against violence for women...

Jemma Dally, Head of our Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility team, acted for the applicant step-father in the reported case of....

A Special Guardianship Order is an order which places a child in the long-term care of someone other than their parent...

We are delighted to announce that our Senior Partner, Peggy Ray won the Entrepreneurial Individual of the year at City wealth’s 2018 Magic Circle Awards yesterday evening...

A revised protocol for referrals of families by the court to child contact centres has recently been published. This protocol has been implemented...

Judgment in the recent case of Re C (A Child) [2018] EWHC 557 (Fam) has been provided and has reinforced the consequences of breaching...

The charity, Penny Appeal, has published important guidance on Islamic adoption and fostering in the United Kingdom. The guidance comes as a result...

Herefordshire Council v AB [2018] EWFC 10 is a judgment handed down earlier this year regarding two cases which were described...

Sir James Munby issued practice guidance: Case Management and Mediation of International Child Abduction Proceedings on the 13th of March 2018...