From 19th March 2020 all hearings must be conducted remotely (Skype or telephone usually). On Monday the Lord Chief Justice […]

   Fathers who are not married to the mother of their child/ren will automatically acquire Parental Responsibility (PR) if they […]

An ICPCC is a meeting called by Social Services (the Local Authority) to determine whether the child in question can […]

The Legal Aid and Advice Act gained Royal Assent on July 30th in 1949 and it is as clear now […]

  If the Local Authority has applied for an EPO and this has been granted by the Court without your […]

Each year, Devon and Somerset Law Society holds an awards event to celebrate the ‘movers and shakers’ of the legal […]

About a year ago, I was asked by Trevi House if I would undertake a skydive for them to help […]

A High Court Judge has ordered an unqualified legal adviser who held himself out to be a competent legal professional […]

The primary difference is that a Care Order gives the Local Authority parental responsibility over the subject child or children, […]

Sir Andrew MacFarlane, the most senior family judge in England & Wales, has commented recently that “the justice system may […]