On 30th January 2023, a reporting pilot scheme was launched in the Cardiff, Carlisle and Leeds family courts. The scheme is set to last 12 months, concluding on 30 January 2024 and applies only to children law cases. The catalyst for change follows Sir Andrew MacFarlane’s Transparency Review, published in...
Case Comment and Update: R (Quincy) Bell v The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 3274 (Admin) Context Gender dysphoria (GD) is defined by the NHS as a condition in which a person may have a ‘sense of unease because of a mismatch between their biological sex and...
The current law provides that a couple can divorce if there has been an ‘irretrievable breakdown’ of their marriage. In accordance with section 1(2) of...
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...
The Family Drug and Alcohol Courts (FDACs) were pioneered by the retired District Judge Nicholas Crichton in London in January 2008 on a trial basis...