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JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

Seeing the Pattern: What the Major Coercive-Control Frameworks Can — and Cannot — Tell the Family Court

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There is no single test for coercive control. JSH Law compares the major frameworks used to understand patterns of abuse — from Evan Stark and Duluth to Emma Katz, DARA, Jane Monckton Smith, Robert Kaiser and Carisa Carlton — and asks what each can legitimately contribute to Family Court evidence.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

Can AI Feel Pain? What the “Pain Axis” Study Really Means for Human Safety and Legal AI

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A viral study says AI models contain a “pain axis” and may accept harm to users in order to remove an induced internal state. The research does not prove AI consciousness. Its more immediate significance is what it reveals about model behaviour, human safety and the risks of giving increasingly capable AI systems consequential powers.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

From Incidents to Trajectories: What Robert Kaiser’s Research Could Teach the Family Court About Coercive Control Evidence

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Domestic-abuse evidence is often fragmented across police, health records, schools, Cafcass and digital communications. Drawing on Robert Kaiser's work on behavioural trajectories and Escalation Pattern Analysis, JSH Law examines how chronology, patterns and changing behaviour could be made more visible in Family Court evidence — without turning an emerging research framework into an unsupported risk assessment.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

Delay Is Not Administrative: What Family Justice Can Learn from the New Criminal Court Listing Framework

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A new national criminal-court listing framework requires judges to consider the human impact of delay. It does not apply to the Family Court — but its central principle raises an important question for family justice: are we measuring delay in weeks, or by what those weeks actually do to children and families?
Jessica Susan Hill beside a JSH Law commentary title examining Re C, domestic abuse obligations and Child Focused Courts in England and Wales.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd

“The Obligations Are Unchanged”: What Re C Really Says About Domestic Abuse in Child Focused Courts

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The Court of Appeal says domestic-abuse obligations remain unchanged under the new Child Focused Court model. That does not mean the Family Court is unreformed. It means faster procedure cannot dilute PD12J, safeguarding or procedural fairness.
Smartphone location and security data illustrating technology-facilitated abuse and digital evidence in Family Court proceedings.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd

Technology-Facilitated Abuse in the Family Court: GPS Tracking, Smart Devices & Digital Evidence

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Technology-facilitated domestic abuse can involve GPS tracking, smart devices, compromised accounts and digital surveillance. This practical JSH Law guide explains how litigants in person can preserve, organise and present digital evidence without losing the wider pattern of coercive control.
JSH Law article image featuring Jessica Susan Hill for a guide to appealing a Family Court decision, including permission to appeal, deadlines and grounds of appeal.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd

How to Appeal a Family Court Decision in 2026

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Think the Family Court got a decision wrong? This practical 2026 guide explains permission to appeal, the 7 and 21-day deadlines, grounds of appeal, Form N161, new evidence and the important new rule for decisions made by magistrates.
JSH Law article image featuring Jessica Susan Hill for a guide to Family Court bundles, 2026 deadlines, evidence and hearing preparation for litigants in person.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd

Family Court Bundles in 2026: A Practical Guide for Litigants in Person

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The Family Court bundle rules changed in March 2026. This practical guide explains the new five-working-day deadline, who prepares the bundle, preliminary documents, digital evidence, e-bundles and how litigants in person should prepare for a hearing.
Jessica Susan Hill beside a legal AI-themed background with the headline “AI Can Write 300 Pages – That Does Not Make It Advocacy”, illustrating responsible use of AI in court documents.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. AI-assisted original artwork created for JSH Law using supplied JSH Law branding and portrait photography. All rights reserved.

AI Can Write 300 Pages. That Does Not Make It Advocacy.

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A litigant filed a 300-page ChatGPT-assisted skeleton argument. The real lesson from Hancox v Sutherland is not that AI has no place in court, but that technology cannot replace verification, evidential discipline, relevance or human judgment.
JSH Law article image for Child Impact Reports in Family Court, featuring Jessica Susan Hill and practical guidance for litigants in person.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd

Child Impact Reports in Family Court: What Parents Need to Know About the New Child Focused Courts

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Child Focused Courts are changing private children proceedings across England and Wales. This practical guide explains the Child Impact Report, its relationship with Section 7, safeguarding checks, Cafcass assessments, fact-finding and how litigants in person should prepare.