Legal experts have raised concerns over proposals for a ‘streamlined procedure’ for all Deprivation of Liberty (Dol) applications.  Due to the high number of expected applications, the President of the Court of

Figures released by the Department for Education show adoptions in England and Wales rose by 26% in the year to March 2014.  Overall 5,050 looked after children were adopted.  The publication also

Media agency OMD and Time Inc., a publishing firm have released results from research which looked at how families are evolving and changing with time. The research project, called Future of families,

When court proceedings involve parents who cannot agree on which parent their child or children should live with or how the children’s time should be divided between parents Cafcass become involved. Cafcass

Research commissioned by family law not for profit group Resolution has found that divorces are having a negative impact on UK workplaces.  The research was carried out to mark Family Dispute Resolution

  The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills published The Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014 on 18th November. The report looked at the entitlement and benefits of shared parental leave for couples

The Department for Work and Pensions along with the Child Maintenance Service and Child Support Agency plan to share payment information of their clients to credit reference agencies.  The purpose of this