Family

• Psychotherapy Condition Leads to Contact Order Appeal

  • Posted20 February 2024

  Wherever possible, the courts will do what they can to support contact between parents and children but, in some instances, that contact comes with conditions attached. The nature of...

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• Family Court Transparency Pilot is Extended

  • Posted12 February 2024

  The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary has announced the extension of a groundbreaking Family Court reporting pilot. The Transparency Implementation Group Reporting Pilot is being extended to 16 more courts...

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• High Court Considers Limits on the Right of Parents to Name Their Children

  • Posted29 January 2024

  Parents have a right to name their children and, in modern Britain, the options open to them are almost limitless. However, as a High Court ruling showed, there are rare...

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• Divorce – What Happens When Assets are Simply Insufficient to Meet Needs?

  • Posted2 January 2024

  For every headline-grabbing ‘big money’ divorce case there are hundreds of others where a former couple’s assets are simply insufficient to meet their reasonable needs. As a High Court ruling...

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• Defiant Mother Sentenced for Refusing Father Contact with Their Child

  • Posted13 December 2023

  Fathers who are denied access to their children are frequently heard to complain that judges do not do enough to support them. In coming down hard on a defiant mother...

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• Divorce – This is Why a Clean Break is Usually the Preferred Outcome

  • Posted29 November 2023

  Most divorcees would, wherever possible, prefer to achieve a clean financial break so that they can regain their independence and move on with their lives. A High Court ruling provided...

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