News

31/03/2010 - Easter bank holiday

Our offices will be closed from 5pm on 1st April 2010 and will reopen at 9am on 6th April 2010. ... Read more

23/12/2009 - Christmas opening hours

Our offices will be closed from 5pm on 23rd December 2009 and will reopen at 9am on 4th January 2010. ... Read more

09/08/2009 - Child Abduction increases by 20%

The Guardian website has reported that child abductions have risen by 20% since 2005 ... Read more

01/04/2009 - Family courts to be opened up to the media

From April 2009 journalists will be able to attend hearings and report on matrimonial, care and private children law proceedings in all levels of the family courts. ... Read more

13/01/2009 - Butler-Sloss calls for courts to recognise Sharia divorces

The former head of the Family Division and one of the countries most senior legal figures, Baroness Butler-Sloss has called for judges to stop granting divorces to ... Read more

17/12/2008 - Forced Marriage Legislation used to return Doctor to the UK

NHS Doctor Humayra Abedin has been returned to the UK after being held in Bangladesh by her parents who had attempted to force her to marry ... Read more