MAKING FAMILY JUSTICE CLEARER
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When Worlds – and Words – collide
I’m on holiday in Greece when I hear about a case involving a mother who has taken her children some 10 hours travel-time from the family home, without their father’s knowledge or consent. It’s a case that involves allegations of domestic abuse, a father who admits he...
An example of a family court judgment where the parties are named
We've spotted an interesting decision from last month where a High Court Judge has published a judgment in connection with a jurisdictional dispute arising from a husband's nullity petition, along with the names of both parties. The husband contended the wife's...
I watched Eastenders and analysed Scarlett’s family court drama so you don’t have to
I confess, since Channel 5 cancelled Family Affairs, my commitment to British soaps has been sporadic at best. But once I heard that a juicy (and factually dubious) family court dispute was playing out on Eastenders involving glamorous villain, Janine Butcher, I...
Punished for telling the truth? Parental alienation and domestic abuse
Earlier this week we published a number of tweets on the topic of Parental Alienation. Firstly, there was a rash of published judgments on the topic (in which alienation was established), to which we tweeted links (see here and here). And secondly, we tweeted a link...
Why can’t we read Prince Philip’s Will?
The Royal Family in modern times live very public lives. Core members seem to have been bred in captivity, like exotic fish in an open aquarium, some of whose waters are murkier than others, but almost all of which will sooner or later be publicly visible. But not...
Non-resident parents and lack of engagement from the Child Maintenance Service and the Secretary of State
This is a guest post by Kathryn Cassells. Kathryn is an associate solicitor at Vaitilingam Kay, specialising in family law including divorce, finances and private children law. Kathryn tweets as @MasonCassells Y v The Secretary of State for the Department of Work and...
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