MAAPP – The Multidisciplinary Agency App for Social Workers
In an age when resources and support are cut as a result of austerity, we welcome work done by individuals and organisations to help share information and best practice to improve outcomes for...
View ArticleCourts don’t deal with perjury or enforce contact?
W v G [2015] EW Misc B47 (CC) It is unusual to see judgments published by the County Court so this case may have escaped you (it did me and thank you to the person who tipped me off yesterday). The...
View ArticleNew interim regulations related to domestic violence and evidence for legal aid
Evidence is required to help secure legal aid funding for victims of domestic violence in private family proceedings. Interim changes are currently being introduced to regulations which relate to this...
View ArticleHelp: Non Molestation Orders and Without Notice Applications
Data from a Freedom of Information Act request for non-molestation order applications (in 2014) shows that of the 21,162 applications (included in the statistical returns) a little over 60% were made...
View ArticleKaren Woodall – BACP Sanction Compliance Notice Published
We make this announcement following an invitation from Karen Woodall’s solicitors to announce details of her compliance with the sanction made against her by the British Association for Counselling and...
View ArticleGuidance on Expert Witnesses in Family Proceedings
A guide has been announced today by Courts and Tribunal Judiciary for all stakeholders specific to the use of psychologists as expert witnesses. The guide provides discipline specific information in...
View ArticleNew Guidance on Psychologist Experts – Part 2
Rarely I write two articles on a single subject in one day (and certainly not this late at night). However, I’m genuinely enthused about this latest initiative by the Family Justice Council and British...
View ArticleParenting Stereotypes and Alienation
A powerful talk by Dr Jennifer Hardman on parenting stereotypes and alienation, given at an independently organised TED talks event. Dr. Harman is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Colorado State...
View ArticleBrexit – Family Law Perspectives
My first thoughts on Brexit news today was sympathy for parents whose children have been removed to other European countries following leave to remove decisions. The decision last night will be causing...
View ArticleParental Alienation and Reform – Asking the Right Questions
It was pleasant to read Anthony Douglas, Chief Executive of CAFCASS, acknowledging that parental alienation was a form of child abuse in this week’s Telegraph. Pleasant… although being honest the main...
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