Family Law News

The average duration of care proceedings in England and Wales has dropped from 56 weeks...

Family mediation is the preferred method to resolve and prevent family disputes...

In the Matter of X (A Child) (No 3). We acted for the birth mother in this case...

Shockingly, an estimated 1.2 million women and 800,000 men were victims of domestic abuse in the year 2010-11...

The Ministry of Justice has released the quarterly Family Court statistics for the period of April to June 2016...

According to the Matrimonial Causes Act, the reasons for a divorce are generally irrelevant to the Court and will...

With more than half of relationships breaking down, the Courts are witnessing a rise in the number of divorces...

On 29th December 2015 a new act came into force - the Serious Crime Act 2015 (SCA 2015). Section 76 of SCA 2015...

Goodman Ray are delighted that the firm continues to be ranked in the Legal 500 and that our wealth of experience across all areas of children and family law is recognised once more. This year’s ranking properly reflects our ever growing matrimonial finance practice, lead by Trudi Featherstone, and the...

Goodman Ray have been shortlisted as Family Law Firm of the Year (London) for the second time since the awards begun. As a firm, we already have two award winners, Peggy Ray, who won the Outstanding Contribution to Family Law in 2014 and Janet Broadley, who won International Lawyer of...