Changes to Family Law

Family law cases in England & Wales are dealt with in the Family Division of the High Court, by district judges in County Courts and in the Magistrates’ Courts. Many of the decisions of the family court are available to…

Family matters in England & Wales can be dealt with in the Family Division of the High Court, by district judges in County Courts and in Family Proceedings Courts, which are specialist Magistrates’ Courts. The High Court of Justice is…

New sentencing guidelines will make domestic abuse in the home a more serious offence and include reference to the use of social media to carry out abuse. People convicted of domestic abuse offences will be more likely to go to prison.…

Victims of domestic violence will get more support in taking abusive former partners to court. Changes to evidence requirements in private family law disputes have come into effect. There will no longer be a time limit on abuse evidence for victims,…

The Ministry of Justice has introduced five new court forms for the family court in England & Wales in 2018. New forms FM1, Form B, Form A1, Form A and C100 have come into effect on 8 January 2018. Links…

Domestic Violence Protection Orders and Domestic Violence Protection Notices were introduced in 2014. Our work often overlaps with that of the police, particularly in the area of domestic abuse. Victims of domestic abuse may choose to pursue a non-criminal option…

The Government has introduced new proposals to takle domestic violence in the 2017 Queen’s Speech.  Theresa May’s government is planning to introduce the “Draft Domestic Violence and Abuse” legislation which “will provide a statutory definition of this hideous crime, ensure robust protective…

1. More women are now entering into civil partnerships than men. In the most recent year for which we have figures (2013) 53% of civil partnerships were female. In Wales, that figure was 65%. 2. The total number of civil…