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Seeing justice done
The media often accuse the family courts of being secretive. They claim that the public don’t understand the workings of the courts, their processes and the way judges make decisions. They often criticise the family courts for not being open enough, or worse, for miscarriages of justice and either breaking up families unnecessarily or not acting sufficiently quickly. In contrast... more >
Contact enforcement: failure to progress
[Update 2.6.14 - this blog refers to the Children and Families Bill, which became the Children and Families Act 2014 and many provisions of which came into force on 22 April 2014.] Last week we wrote about enforcing contact orders [Update 2/6/14 - now child arrangements orders] and a study which looked at how courts deal with those cases brought... more >
Making contact work
We’ve written on many occasions about arrangements for children after parental separation. Spending time with your own children if you do not live with them is formally known as contact, which is something on an unfortunate label, having overtones of artificiality (“coming into contact with something”). There are plans afoot to do away with labels such as this, so that... more >
What are my options?
At CFLP we believe in putting you, our client, firmly in control of choices during separation and divorce, and are expert at making sure you are fully informed so you can make the right decisions for you and your family. This is therefore a short blog that collects together all of the different ways in which it is possible to... more >
Hush-a-bye baby
It would be fair to say that sorting out arrangements for children after their parents have separated can often be emotive and difficult to manage, even with the best of intentions from all concerned. Our children are the most precious and important things in our lives. We are protective of them and want to shield them from harm. In a... more >
What’s in a name?
A name is a very personal thing. It is your identifying label within the world. It is not uncommon to make judgements about a person based on their name, either positive or (more likely) negative (what did you think when you heard that Kate Winslet’s new husband is called Ned Rocknroll?). We thought we’d have a look this week about... more >