15 Sept 2020The lockdown children Sarah Jane Lenihan navigates the law surrounding child arrangements for feuding parents during the pandemic
3 Sept 2020Sidestepping courtAlec Samuels considers when a course of action relating to a child may be taken without going to court
1 Jul 2020A disease exacerbatedMaria Coster discusses the impact of the lockdown on victims of domestic abuse and the help available
30 Jun 2020'Culture of disbelief' towards BAME domestic violence victims in fear of the lawMultiple barriers including racism face black and minority ethnic (BAME) women raising domestic abuse, research into the family courts revealed
24 Jun 2020Young offenders face 'travesty of justice' because of backlogHundreds of children will be convicted as adults because of severe delays in the criminal justice system, a charity has warned
25 May 2020A tolerant approachSeparated parents are trying to maintain the status quo at a time when life is anything but the norm, says Pippa Allsop
29 Jan 2020The fear of tech advancesPippa Allsop discusses the tensions between the human legal advisor and technology
22 Jan 2020The assumption of a duty of care A public authority can assume responsibility towards someone by inference from its conduct towards them, as Laurence Toczek explains following the Supreme Court's re-evaluation of the Caparo test