English family law has maintained a clear separation between children and financial remedy proceedings; a system which generally works well. However, in international relocation cases, this division ...

Adoption UK welcomes confirmation of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) which has provided specialist ...

Celebrating the excellence, resilience, and humanity at the heart of family law. The LexisNexis Family Law Awards 2025 are officially open for entries – and with them, a unique opportunity for ...

the Children's Commissioner has released a statement about Ofcom's new safety codes: "The Online Safety Act places a legal requirement on Ofcom to consult my Office about the Children’s Safety Code ...

Pensions are often one of the most significant assets in divorce and financial proceedings. Happily, the law provides that pensions may be divided between divorcing spouses by virtue of a pension ...

You may be aware that the recent Court of Appeal case of Re W [2016] EWCA Civ 793 has been causing some head scratching among commentators. There is no doubt that this was a difficult case. The CoA ...

A partnership of government departments and agencies has commissioned Children Law UK, part of The Adolescent & Children's Trust (TACT), to deliver inter-agency training to support reforms to the care ...

The case of Re C (A Child) [2016] EWHC 3171 (Fam) (case heading: London Borough of Tower Hamlets v M and F and Others), Pauffley J raises a number of issues over where the welfare of a child may be ...

This article examines the difficult and often emotive issue of disclosure of highly personal information about one party to other parties within public law proceedings under the Children Act 1989. The ...

In Re G (Residence: Same Sex Partners) [2005] 2 FLR 957, the parties had cohabited in a same-sex relationship for 8 years, during which time the respondent gave birth to two children conceived by ...

The Court of Appeal recently decided a discreet argument regarding periodical payments orders in the case of Aburn v Aburn [2016] EWCA Civ 72, [2016] FLR (forthcoming). So, what are the implications ...