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.
- Private donors raise £280K to fund FDAC national unit
News (17/02/2019) - Family Procedure Rules 2010 and Court of Protection Rules 2017 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
News (17/02/2019) - Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill receives third reading in Commons
News (17/02/2019)
Bill returns to Lords for consideration of Commons’ amendments - Pensions: civil partnerships and same sex marriages
News (17/02/2019) - Council did not do enough to protect toddler from harm: Ombudsman
News (17/02/2019)
Child left with life-long injuries after opportunities missed to protect him - Information about the Reducing Parental Conflict programme
News (17/02/2019)
DWP publishes guidance collating all resources for LAs and stakeholders - New care applications received by Cafcass in January down 10 per cent
News (17/02/2019)
1,051 new care applications during January - 3,636 new private law cases received during January by Cafcass
News (17/02/2019)
Third highest January figures on record - Government urged to reform overly complex divorce system
News (09/02/2019)
‘Current system can fuel conflict and disadvantages litigants in person’ - Human Rights Committee begins inquiry into children whose mothers are in prison
News (08/02/2019) - Family law disputes involving EU after Brexit
News (08/02/2019)
Government issues guidance for parties - Female genital mutilation: resource pack produced
News (08/02/2019) - Resolution welcomes government commitment on no fault divorce
News (08/02/2019)
Justice Secretary pledges divorce law reform in next parliamentary session - MoJ announces new legal aid strategy
News (08/02/2019)
SGO proceedings to qualify for legal aid - Mr Justice Williams makes appeal for return of Olly Sheridan
News (03/02/2019) - Property regimes for international couples in Europe
News (03/02/2019)
New rules apply in 18 Member States - Mother first to be convicted of FGM
News (01/02/2019)
First prosecution in England for failing to protect a person from FGM - ‘Wellbeing of children in single parent families not negatively affected’: Gingerbread research
News (01/02/2019)
‘Single parenthood is more common than typically reported’ - No-deal Brexit guidance: Practical recommendations for family law
News (01/02/2019)
Law Society and Resolution publish joint note - Draft Domestic Abuse Bill: Select Committee seeks views
News (31/01/2019) - Slow decline in number of approved fostering households continues
News (31/01/2019)
Proportion of fostered young people Staying Put increases - ALC publish study on Judicial Approaches in Settlement Conference Pilots in Children Cases
News (26/01/2019)
Findings do not support roll out of the procedure in its current form - Visitors to Fosterline increase by 35 per cent
News (25/01/2019) - Addressing the ‘unsustainable’ workload in the family courts is Number One priority, says President
News (25/01/2019)
Meanwhile, some corners may need to be cut and time-limits exceeded - Almost half of the public believe that common law marriage exists
News (24/01/2019)
Figures underline why a change in the law is so desperately needed: Resolution - Call for evidence on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice
News (24/01/2019)
Government seeks to identify which aspects of the Code require revision - Access to high-quality support for all vulnerable children by 2022 ‘a tall order’
News (24/01/2019)
Poor progress made in improving children’s social care services: National Audit Office - Domestic abuse draft bill and consultation response published
News (21/01/2019)
Wide-ranging reforms proposed - Draft Domestic Abuse Bill to be published
News (20/01/2019)
Government responds to consultation on proposals - Civil Partnerships Bill proceeds to committee in House of Lords
News (19/01/2019)
Amendments to be laid before the House in committee - Child maintenance: changes to powers of entry and information requests
News (19/01/2019)
DWP consults on proposed changes - Private law cases received by Cafcass in December 2018 13 per cent up on a year ago
News (18/01/2019) - Care applications to Cafcass in December declined by 4 per cent on a year ago
News (18/01/2019)
975 new applications received - Take the JLD resilience and wellbeing survey 2019
News (13/01/2019) - Forced marriage: victims will no longer have to pay repatriation costs
News (13/01/2019)
Foreign Secretary changes policy with immediate effect - Civil Partnerships Bill due to receive second reading on 18 January
News (13/01/2019) - Children living with domestic violence must be treated as victims, says NSPCC
News (13/01/2019)
Quarter of a million children living with domestic violence in England - Children’s social care: nine in ten councils pushed into the red
News (13/01/2019)
Local Government Association fears children’s services are ‘at a tipping point’ - New Queen’s Counsel announced
News (11/01/2019) - Only three in ten children with mental health problems receive NHS-funded treatment
News (11/01/2019)
Government must accelerate prevention and early intervention efforts: Public Accounts Committee - Family Justice Council 12th Annual Debate: the use of covert recordings in family law
News (06/01/2019)
Transcript and podcast available - Teens in care are being housed alone in B&Bs
News (06/01/2019)
Observer investigation finds increased use of ‘independent living arrangements’ - Parental orders under section 54 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008
News (04/01/2019)
Law amended to allow one person to apply for a parental order - £2.7 million fund announced to tackle parental conflict
News (04/01/2019)
DWP looks for new initiatives to help families at risk of parental conflict - British victims of forced marriages required to pay their rescue costs, The Times reports
News (04/01/2019)
Those unable to pay asked to sign loan agreements by Foreign Office - Thirteen apply online for divorce on Christmas Day
News (04/01/2019)
455 online divorce applications received over Christmas period - Mr Justice Moor appointed Family Division Liaison Judge for the Thames Valley Region
News (04/01/2019)