Oral fluid (saliva) drug testing is classified as a ‘narrow-window’ (short-term) testing method, meaning it can be used to ...

Family Rights Group is proud to launch ‘A film for parents with learning difficulties and disabilities: working with a child and family social worker.’ This much needed resource, created with and for ...

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 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 looks at the outcome of the costs hearing in the long running case of AB v CD [2016] EWHC 2482. The general rule in relation to costs in family financial remedy proceedings is ‘no order’ ...

In July 2006 the Department for Constitutional Affairs amalgamated Clerkenwell and Shoreditch County Courts and the new court - conveniently called Clerkenwell and Shoreditch County Court - moved to ...

The family law reforms are two working days away. The volume of material for family law professionals to read and digest is huge and the Children and Families Act 2014 is a biggie at 241 pages long.

The credit crunch, and who knows if we are truly past the worst of it, has presented challenges to family practitioners that have not for some time tested our practical skills. This is particularly so ...

Evidence of vulnerable witnesses in family proceedings: progress so far? On 30 December 2016 Ministry of Justice published a statement by Sir James Munby President of the Family Division in which he ...

The Child Support Agency (CSA) has demanded child support payments from a man who donated his sperm to a lesbian couple to conceive two children. The couple have since split up and the biological ...

Marianna Michaelides and April Buxton, of the International Family Law Group LLP, look at the complex court orders that confirm with whom a child is to live and/or spend time. What is a child ...