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Local authorities should not have to cover legal aid funding deficiencies, the Court of Appeal has said, while upholding a mother’s challenge against a placement

A new domestic abuse sentencing guideline has been published, giving courts up to date guidance that emphasises the seriousness of this kind of offending.  The guideline identifies

Tests to check whether children aged eight and nine know their times tables will be trialled in some primary schools in England next month before

The Supreme Court has determined that the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction1980 cannot be invoked if by the time of

The Department for Education’s review of foster care in England, conducted by Sir Martin Narey and Mark Owers and published on 6th February 2018, recommends that the

The government may ask schools in England to make extra checks, including keeping an extra contact number to call when children don’t turn up. Read

A report released by the Fawcett Society has found that violence against women and girls is ‘endemic’ in the UK. It considers that the legal

The recent case of A Local Authority v G (Parent with Learning Disability) [2017] EWFC B94 has highlighted the importance that all families in which