The controversial Child Support Agency (CSA) is to be replaced by C-MEC, a body with greatly enhanced powers to force non-resident parents to pay child maintenance.
The Human Rights Act 1998 did not give rise to a duty of care to the parent of a child on the part of a local authority when exercising, through social workers, its duty to protect children from abuse, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
Private fostering v CA 1989, s 20(1)
Legislating for Sarah's Law is unnecessary and will not make our children any safer, says Alisdair Gillespie
Appeal court judges have delivered a stinging rebuke of a series of administrative and judicial errors in the child custody case Hammerton v Hammerton, where the father was sent to prison for three months.
Are websites responsible for users’ behaviour? Richard Scorer asks where we should draw the line online
John Mitchell compares recent developments in guardianship orders with the current rules on adoption
Parents should not be criminalised for having fat children, says Tracey Elliott
Kim Fellowes discusses common problems in the child support system and offers some practical solutions
Revisions to the UK’s paternity testing system are long overdue, says Paul West
Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments
Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire
Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds