The Safety in the Children and Young People Secure Estate bulletin shows there were 1,926 assault incidents between April ...

Ofsted's latest annual statistics show continued growth in England's children's social care sector, with increases in the ...

Gingerbread has renewed its call for reform of the Child Maintenance Service (CMS), arguing that persistent failings in the system are leaving many single-parent families without the financial support ...

The annual population estimates for marital status and living arrangements show that married or civil partnered remained the ...

Sir Stephen Cobb, President of the Family Division and Head of Family Justice, has published a revised version of the Family Listing Guidance. The revised guidance takes effect from Monday 31 August ...

Brick Court has officially combined with 42BR Barristers, bringing 35 members, two pupils, a probationary tenant and two ...

The latest monthly statistics, covering the period from 1 April to 30 June 2026, show that Cafcass received 15,328 new ...

In this article, Baljinder Bath, family law barrister at 4PB, evaluates the Government's approach to supporting local authorities in their use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other digital ...

The author revisits the moral obligation to care for children in the context of the current interest in kinship care arrangements. Briefly noting the argument that parents do have such a moral ...

On 17 March 2026 the Lord Chancellor, David Lammy, announced the national roll out of the Child Focused Model (CFM) for private law children proceedings across England and Wales. Drawing on ...

The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon has appointed Her Honour Judge Corbett to be a Senior Circuit Judge, Designated Family Judge Appointment ...

Mental health and wellbeing is becoming increasingly important not only within daily life but in family law cases. A family breakdown and/or disagreements between parents as to the arrangements for ...