Family

Cafcass has put in place a ‘Domestic abuse practice policy’ for its family court advisors (FCAs) and children’s guardians, to reverse the current ‘contact at all costs culture’

A claim for non-payment of fees by a family silk and junior counsel instructed under the public access scheme has been unanimously dismissed by the Court of Appeal

Family lawyers group Resolution has called for more support for victims of domestic abuse seeking to resolve their finances on divorce

Dining etiquette will be enforced by law, or at least the ‘tips’ element of it, former district judge Stephen Gold writes in this week’s ‘Civil way’

The recent case of footballer Kyle Walker and his girlfriend Lauryn Goodman is a useful illustration of the approach the courts will take in financial provision cases where the parties have not been married, write Samantha Farndale, partner at Stowe Family Law, and Tara Lyons, barrister at Pump Court Chambers, in this week’s NLJ

The relationship between foster parents and a local authority was held to be akin to employment even though the foster parents and foster child were related, in a recent Court of Appeal case on vicarious liability for abuse suffered