It is full house at @CoramFamilyLaw’s annual conference at @TheLawSociety - interesting session on pan-European policing and enforcement. Before and after #Brexit, families and child abductors have and will continue to cross borders. #CoramCon18#CoramCon#familylaw
The President of the Family Division has confirmed that the Financial Remedies pilot, which is currently confined to the West Midlands, will be extended to eight other court centres: https://t.co/XsI3sMfjNX #FamilyDivision#FamilyLife#FamilyLaw
John Haskey looks at the history of #divorcelaw reform from the start of civil #divorce in 1858, seeking insight from the related statistical trends, both before the reform, to put into context the pressures for reform and after the reform --> https://t.co/r5ewy0kTqS #FamilyLaw
Findings of emotional abuse soar - but it’s a postcode lottery for families. In some areas there’s a massive rise, in others a fall. What does this say about how diff areas assess risks to children? https://t.co/h4ObA3tll1
Key points in my @JPFamilyLaw article. Courts should (1) question how child's lifelong needs will be met by contact (b) make contact less formulaic, more individual (c) consider direct contact more often esp w sibs (d) use orders when children have compelling need for contact.
Is it really right that senior judges with a professional lifetime of experience in a specialised area should not comment on the need for reform (whilst nevertheless still faithfully applying the law in its current form)? #nofaultdivorce