McKenzie Friends: responses to the consultation

In February 2016, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, and the Judicial Executive Board issued a consultation entitled “Reforming the courts’ approach to McKenzie Friends”.  The consultation set out a number of proposals which had been made by a working...

Attachment

Attachment is a technical psychological term with a specific meaning, but it is used an awful lot in care proceedings and other cases about children, including by people who are not psychologists. It doesn’t help that attachment has a meaning in everyday...

Draft Anonymisation Guidance Published

Draft Guidance on anonymisation of judgments has been published this week. It is published with the support of The President of the Family Division for the purposes of consultation [see note below] – in due course it is anticipated that The President will...

Children Law for dummies!

Andrew Pack, Transparency Project member, has written some really useful basic explanations of the law relating to family law (children) – primarily for social workers, but also helpful or any other non-lawyer wanting an accessible explanation. Law for social...