“Putting children first” is easy to say. This article examines what it should require from parents, lawyers, Cafcass and the Family Court—while making clear that reducing conflict must never mean overlooking domestic abuse or safeguarding risk.
Neurodivergence is not a difficult-behaviour label and it is not a welfare analysis. This article explains why the Family Court must understand the individual child’s communication, sensory, routine and regulation needs before deciding arrangements.
BBC documentary Stolen Babies exposes how unmarried mothers were shamed, controlled and separated from their babies through a system supported by the state and public institutions. Britain has finally apologised—but has family justice fully learned what happens when professional certainty, class prejudice and institutional power overwhelm individual evidence?
A frightened or exhausted parent is not automatically an unreliable one. This article examines why family courts, Cafcass and professionals must assess safeguarding concerns, children’s wishes and parental behaviour in their full context.
The Victims’ Commissioner has warned that pressures across the criminal justice system have the “hallmarks of a national emergency”. JSH Law examines what systemic delay, fragmented information and overstretched services can mean for domestic abuse survivors, children and litigants in person navigating the Family Court.
A final child arrangements order is not necessarily the end of the story. But before applying again, litigants in person need to identify the correct procedure, the evidence that has genuinely changed and the orders that are realistically sought. This JSH Law guide explains how a structured family court case review can help.
Canada is developing a striking three-layer legal response to coercive control across family, civil and criminal law. JSH Law examines what has actually changed, why social-media descriptions of a new “tier” of family violence need clarification, and what England and Wales can learn about patterns of abuse, children, post-separation control and family-court evidence.
Can secret recordings expose domestic abuse and protect victim-survivors—or can surveillance damage children and undermine a family court case? This international, evidence-led guide explains the law in England and Wales, the lessons from a major Australian judgment and how litigants in person should handle recordings properly.
The prompt is an information transfer, not just a question. This article examines Genevieve Cripps’ work on prompt governance and explains how legal professionals, organisations and litigants in person can use AI without losing control of confidentiality, evidence, safeguarding or human accountability.
A newspaper front page shared by domestic abuse campaigner Zoe Dronfield has reignited concerns about the release of domestic abuse perpetrators. JSH Law examines the reported figure, licence conditions, probation failures, family court implications and the practical steps victims can take to protect themselves and their children.
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