Need to know exactly what was said at your Family Court hearing? This practical guide explains how to request an official transcript using Form EX107, the costs involved, potential delays, financial assistance through EX105 and what to do when an appeal deadline is approaching. Includes practical guidance for litigants in person in England and Wales.
Coercive control can hide behind apparently reasonable ideas about fairness, responsibility and boundaries. Drawing on new work by Dr Emma Katz, JSH Law examines how unequal rules, false symmetry and victim resistance can be misunderstood in Family Court proceedings.
A major 2026 study found that putting a human judge back into an AI-assisted decision can largely eliminate the perceived fairness gap — even where the human review is minimal. JSH Law examines the risk of “humanwashing”, automation bias and what meaningful judicial oversight should actually require.
Coercive control often exists in patterns spread across thousands of messages. AI may help identify repetition, change and candidate evidence — but it cannot make a judicial finding. JSH Law examines Jenny Rudd’s Dispute Buddy, a recent NYU London discussion with Charles Hale KC, PD12J and the line between pattern detection and proof.
The first 87 parents responding to Frolo’s Family Court survey reported a striking collapse in trust, alongside concerns about mental health, children, professional reports, coercive control, costs and delay. These are preliminary, self-selected findings — not population estimates. But they raise questions the Family Court should want to answer.
From 5 October 2026, sentencing courts must formally state and record when an offence involved domestic abuse. The reform could improve perpetrator identification, risk management and national data — but it is not a public register and does not capture every perpetrator. JSH Law examines what the new Judicial Finding of Domestic Abuse really changes and why the Family Court should pay attention.
Kate Daly set out to make divorce less painful and found her business model scrutinised in the High Court. Her story made me reflect on what I am trying to build through JSH Law: a safe, clearly bounded space between full legal representation and facing the Family Court completely alone.
Form C8 can protect your address and contact details in Family Court proceedings, but it does not automatically remove them from your evidence. This practical 2026 guide explains the new rules, accidental disclosure risks, safe document checking and what to do if confidential information has already been filed.
Cafcass has replaced ICFA with Enabling Family Time, a shorter child-focused service for rebuilding or maintaining important relationships during private Family Court proceedings. This practical guide explains referrals, sessions, safeguarding, session notes, what Cafcass reports to court and how parents can prepare.
Child Focused Courts are being rolled out across England and Wales. This practical guide explains what the new private-law children model means for Cafcass, Child Impact Reports, domestic abuse, evidence and litigants in person.