In most court cases involving children, the parents will, at some point, have to write a witness statement for the court. For the parents involved, this is their opportunity to tell the court their side of the story. These are different to position statements and statements specifically about allegations of harm or abuse. It sounds … Read more
A youngster’s education and wellbeing is now more important than ever after the COVID-19 lockdown.
We wanted to raise awareness of Parental Alienation again as part of Youth Mental Health Awareness Day on September 7.
Barnardo’s has recently shared its research into the impact of the coronavirus lockdown on children and young people’s mental health.
Judge and family law expert Sarah Evans is heading-up our remote virtual Arbitration Service for divorcing or separating parents seeking legally-binding decisions about their children rather than going to court.
A ‘hybrid hearing’ is a term you may have heard but may not fully understand.
Families could find the aftermath of COVID-19 just as devastating emotionally and financially as the lockdown.
A recent report by The Childhood Trust has found that the COVID-19 pandemic and ‘lockdown’ has caused an increase in children’s mental health problems.
The impact of COVID-19 is being felt far and wide. Unfortunately, not just by those who have fallen ill with the virus.
In the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic, all court hearings had to be heard remotely. Most were by telephone, but some were by video conferencing. This meant the courts service had to quickly develop a way to use video conferencing for certain hearings.
Now that we are hopefully through the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the family courts are reopening for socially distanced face to face hearings.
‘Direct access’ or ‘public access’ is when you, as a member of the public, employ a barrister directly, without a solicitor.