A joint parliamentary inquiry has been launched by the Education Committee and the Health and Social Care Committee to ...

A national child safeguarding review has urged immediate reform to improve the protection of vulnerable unborn babies and ...

Adoption UK has welcomed the government’s decision to undertake a full review of adoption support in England, while raising concerns about proposals to devolve funding for therapeutic services to ...

New research published by Kinship has highlighted the significant financial, employment and wellbeing pressures faced by kinship carers, with the charity calling on the government to introduce ...

Compliance with the Victims’ Code is already underpinned by statute. The Government has confirmed that, once relevant ...

The Department for Education has set out further detail on plans to expand Regional Care Cooperatives (RCCs) as part of ...

Overall, they argue that AI offers distinct benefits but also significant challenges to the family justice system, requiring ...

In Part I the author looked at reported decisions of the courts involving prospective or current kinship carers. In Part II he considers what lessons might be learned from this case law in both public ...

In 2022, Constance Marten and her partner Mark Gordon awaited the birth of their fifth child after their four previous children had been taken into care. The couple were determined that their fifth ...

This article compares parental responsibility (PR) laws in England and Wales with those in Norway examining their alignment with societal changes and the push for more equal parenting. PR gives ...

The article explores how non‑court dispute resolution (NCDR) can better support neurodivergent people. As awareness of neurodivergence grows within the justice system, the authors argue that ...

Two barristers with expertise in immigration law and how it intersects with family law provide a practical guide for how to handle cases which raise immigration issues. The article covers: the guiding ...