News
All the news items published on Family Law Week this year are listed below. You can browse our news archive using the folders on the left.
- Family Justice Young People’s Board Recruiting New Members
News (22/02/2020)
7-24 year olds sought to join 50 member board - New public law cases received by Cafcass rose 6 per cent in January
News (14/02/2020) - ‘Domestic Abuse Bill must guarantee anyone fleeing domestic abuse a safe home’
News (14/02/2020)
Crisis respond to domestic homicide figures for 2019 - New private law cases received by Cafcass in January 16 per cent higher than 2019
News (14/02/2020) - Increase recorded in both approved fostering households and children in foster care
News (14/02/2020)
Figures released for 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 - Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2020
News (13/02/2020) - Child Arrangements Orders: HoC Library briefings
News (13/02/2020) - Reciprocal enforcement of maintenance orders
News (13/02/2020) - Ban on under-16s being placed in unregulated accommodation proposed
News (13/02/2020)
Minimum standards to be introduced for unregulated accommodation - Two arrested for suspected FGM offences
News (09/02/2020) - ‘The public overwhelmingly supports legal aid’: Law Society survey
News (07/02/2020) - 30,700 child maintenance arrangements set up after contacting Options in last reported quarter
News (06/02/2020) - Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill receives second reading
News (06/02/2020)
Committee stage begins on 3 March 2020 - Quarter of adults think it very or fairly easy to identify whether a ten-year-old is being abused or neglected
News (06/02/2020) - Sex abuse in families going under the radar, say inspectorates
News (06/02/2020)
Report into ‘the multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment’ published - The Transparency Review: The President of the Family Division’s Call for Evidence
News (05/02/2020) - Closure of regional divorce centres announced
News (02/02/2020) - Birmingham man jailed for trying to force niece into marriage
News (02/02/2020) - Child Support Agency caseload continues to reduce
News (31/01/2020)
CSA live cases fell from 261,100 in June 2019 to 176,400 in September 2019 - Domestic abuse referrals to CPS and prosecutions have fallen
News (31/01/2020)
Crown Prosecution Service publish quarterly bulletin - ‘Chasm’ exists between current levels of mental health services and what children need
News (30/01/2020)
Children’s Commissioner published third annual children’s mental health briefing - Law Society publishes parliamentary briefing on Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill
News (29/01/2020)
Second reading scheduled for 5 February 2020 - Wales votes to end the physical punishment of children
News (29/01/2020)
New law is expected to come into force in 2022 - Family judges hearing cases involving alleged serious sexual assault should receive training
News (26/01/2020) - Building successful domestic abuse prosecutions without the victim’s support
News (26/01/2020) - 80 per cent of children in care need special educational support
News (23/01/2020) - Online divorce service for legal professionals
News (23/01/2020) - Domestic abuse perpetrator strategy would cut violent crime and protect victims
News (21/01/2020)
Organisations, police commissioners and academics call on Government to invest in perpetrator strategy - Ombudsman reminds councils of their foster carer school transport duties
News (21/01/2020) - New care applications received by Cafcass fell 3 per cent in December
News (21/01/2020) - New private law cases received by Cafcass in December 7 per cent higher than a year ago
News (21/01/2020) - High Court endorses joint drafting of family court consent orders
News (20/01/2020) - New Queen’s Counsel announced
News (19/01/2020) - Professor Judith Masson made honorary Queen’s Counsel
News (19/01/2020) - Stalking Protection Orders come into force
News (19/01/2020) - Spouses and civil partners to inherit more from intestate estates
News (17/01/2020) - Number of children looked after in England is up 4 per cent to 78,150
News (17/01/2020)
Children ceasing to be looked after due to adoption has fallen by 7 per cent - Councils urged to prioritise adoption
News (17/01/2020)
DfE issues updated advice to local authorities - Revised version of Order No 3.2 – the Search Order – issued
News (17/01/2020) - Urgent action needed to ensure children and young people can access mental health services
News (17/01/2020)
Education Policy Institute publishes Annual Report on access to CAMHS - First female justice Lady Hale retires
News (13/01/2020)
First female justice retires, Lord Reed new Supreme Court president - British Somalis Claim Racial Profiling Over FGM
News (13/01/2020)
UK Somalis say FGM figures are inaccurate - London Mayor calls for action to secure the future of undocumented young Londoners
News (10/01/2020)
107,000 children living in London without secure immigration status - £1m invested to improve London’s doctors’ skills in helping domestic violence victims
News (10/01/2020)
Funding will expand the programme across 17 London boroughs - 72 per cent of Refuge service users have experienced tech abuse
News (10/01/2020) - Vacancy with the Family Justice Council: applications invited from junior barristers
News (10/01/2020) - Government confirms extra support for Troubled Families programme
News (10/01/2020) - Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill receives first reading
News (09/01/2020)