A brief summary of the essential family law news and cases from the last week: NEWSJudge’s ‘extreme concern’ about mother who publicised details of family court case on fundraising pageA mother who set up a fundraising page for her family case has lost in her application to travel with her children to Asia…

A brief summary of the essential family law news and cases from the last week: NEWSResearch finds number of babies entering care has increased across Wales, but notes “significant regional variations”The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory has called for “further analysis” of variations between local authorities in relation to the number of babies entering…

A brief summary of the essential family law news and cases from the last week: NEWSEvery child assessed as in need of accommodation should be accommodated under section 20 “by default”, says Children’s CommissionerA report from the Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, has revealed for the first time that only…

A brief summary of the essential family law news and cases from the last week: NEWSLitigation friend ordered to pay £42,000 costs for ‘wholly inadequate’ performanceA litigation friend who was said to be suffering from depression has been ordered to pay more than £42,000 in costs after a judge found his performance ‘wholly…

A brief summary of the essential family law news and cases from the last week: NEWSThousands more people benefit from free legal supportMore than 33,000 people have been helped to tackle family, debt and housing issues thanks to over £3 million of government investment in legal support. Full story: Ministry of Justice.…

A brief summary of the essential family law news and cases from the last week: NEWSProposed changes to surrogacy law ‘will not be taken forward at the moment’Changes to the law which could have seen couples become a surrogate child’s legal parents at birth will not be taken forward “at the moment”, a…

A brief summary of the essential family law news and cases from the last week: NEWSAppeal judges rule on relevant date for determining whether court has jurisdiction based on habitual residence of child pursuant to Hague ConventionThe Court of Appeal has ruled that a judge was wrong to decide that the relevant date…