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If you are being considered as a Special Guardian for a child a Local Authority will need to complete a Special Guardianship Order Assessment (SGOA) of you. SGOA are often…

What is the age of consent? And what are we advising teenagers? Most people would answer “16 for sexual intercourse.” Is this right? What about two…

In 2013 the Government made changes to legal aid which drastically restricted the availability of this funding. Many people were left without access to legal aid or…

Today the Supreme Court announced that for the last 30 years the Courts have been interpreting the law on ‘joint enterprise’ wrongly. The Supreme Court has…

The Duchess of Cambridge has given the royal seal of approval for the UK’s first Child Mental Health week, taking place between 8th – 14th February 2016….

  On the 19 January 2016 Mr Justice Peter Jackson gave Judgment in the case of Poppi Worthington which has been widely reported. Poppi died on the 12 December 2012…

Who cares? Sir James Munby does it seems. He is President of the High Court family division, who described the recent case involving a 5 year old boy who…

A lease is, first of all, a contract, conferring rights on landlord and tenant in exchange for obligations. However, statute does still intrude on the landlord and tenant relationship,…

As news broke this morning of the engagement of media mogul Rupert Murdoch to actress-model Jerry Hall – you can’t help but wonder what their pre-nuptial agreement could look…

All of us have made bad decisions at one time or other, but when you’re facing a drink driving conviction you can bitterly regret choosing to get behind the…