Our work covers all areas of family law, with particular expertise in the following areas:
How do we keep young people safe by depriving them of their liberty? Usually, these cases involve children who are vulnerable because of involvement in gangs, a risk of child…
Who pays school fees after separation? The responsibility for the payment of school fees is decided by agreement or by court order. An order to pay the fees as invoiced…
An increasingly common issue before the Family Court is whether a local authority can be relieved of its duty to notify or consult a father with parental responsibility in care…
Managing Sexual Risk & Procedural Fairness — Lessons from the Court of Appeal
By James Dove, Harcourt Chambers
Welcome to this month’s update from the Public Law Team…
1. Planning an English beach holiday this summer? Reading a gripping book and thinking of disposing of a body whilst on your sojourn by way of burial at sea? Alas,…
Division of Property After Cohabitation: A Brief Overview
It is often not appreciated how little discretion is available to the courts when cohabiting parties who have not been married are…
Secrets are the StonesThat sink the boatTake them out, look at themThrow them out and floatLemn Sissay, ‘My Name is Why’1
The Family Court’s approach to post-adoption contact is shifting.
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In a recent article for Counsel magazine, Anna Yarde explores the importance of personal branding for barristers, reflecting on both its benefits and the challenges it presents within the profession.
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An essential mindset and step-by-step approach
The identification, assessment and mitigation of risk is a core part of the work of social workers, lawyers and judges. The perception of risk…
Does the Cafcass Domestic Abuse Practice Policy get the balance right between protecting adult and child victims from harm, and supporting children to have a relationship with both parents where…
What is an ‘add back’?
An ‘add back’ is a species of a conduct argument under section 25(2)(g) Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. An ‘add back’ argument is made when one…
Neurodivergence appears finally to be getting its turn in the spotlight. In January of this year the ‘Family Justice Council Guidance on Neurodiversity in the Family Justice System for Practitioners’…