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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.

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

AI Evidence in the Family Court: Deepfakes, Screenshots & Digital Evidence

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AI can generate convincing text, audio, photographs and video — and the Ministry of Justice has now identified synthetic and manipulated evidence as an emerging risk to the justice system. For family-court litigants, the practical response is not panic. It is better evidence discipline: preserve originals, retain context, record provenance and understand what each item actually proves.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

When the Paperwork Looks Right—but the Child Is Still Missing

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Family court paperwork can be technically complete while still losing the context that matters. This article examines eight developments in family justice—from domestic abuse and Cafcass evidence to AI, expert reports, neurodiversity and Child Focused Courts—and introduces a six-question framework for checking how important conclusions are reached.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

Does the Family Court Need a Fact-Finding Hearing? Cafcass, PD12J and Domestic Abuse Allegations

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If domestic-abuse allegations are disputed in a child-arrangements case, the Family Court does not automatically need a separate fact-finding hearing. But serious allegations cannot simply be left unresolved if Cafcass or the court needs to know whether they are true before assessing risk. This guide explains the current Cafcass practice aid, the PD12J test and what evidence the court actually needs.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

My Child Is Living Under a Special Guardianship Order and I Want Them Back: What Can I Actually Do?

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A Special Guardianship Order is a serious long-term order, but it is not adoption and it is not necessarily the end of a birth parent's relationship with their child. This practical guide explains contact, discharge, significant change in circumstances, disputed expert evidence and how to turn understandable anger into evidence the Family Court can act upon.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

When a Child Says “No Contact”

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A child saying they do not want contact with a parent is important evidence — but it does not always answer the welfare question. This article examines PD12J, domestic abuse, indirect contact, Cafcass, wishes and feelings, contact breakdown and why understanding how a child reached their position can be just as important as recording the position itself.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

The Order Is No Longer Working: What to Do Before You Go Back to Family Court

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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.