Category: Contact & Residence

Taking Account Of The Views Of Children and M v C

Posted 4 years ago in Child law, New Law, Contact & Residence.

In court actions relating to children the practice of seeking the child’s views before a decision is made is well established. Read more

Be Part Of Shaping The Law!

Posted 4 years ago By Caroline Millar in Child law, Children (Scotland) Bill, Contact & Residence, New Law.

Attention to detail is often the difference between something good and something great. Read more

Children (Scotland) Bill at Stage 3: Child Welfare Reporters

Posted 4 years ago By Susan Oswald in Child law, Children (Scotland) Bill, Contact & Residence, Court Procedures & Hearings, New Law.

The Children (Scotland) Bill is moving closer to becoming law. Read more

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Children (Scotland) Bill: Sections 12 and 21- Principles Underpinning Orders

Posted 4 years ago in Child law, New Law, Contact & Residence, Courts, Children (Scotland) Bill.

The seventh post in our series on the Children (Scotland) Bill looks at sections 12 and 21, which deal with the extension of general principles that underpin the making of… Read more

Children (Scotland) Bill: Secs 8 & 13 Child Welfare Reporters & Curators

Posted 4 years ago By Susan Oswald in Child law, New Law, Contact & Residence, Coercive Control, Court Procedures & Hearings, Children (Scotland) Bill.

In this, our sixth post on the Children (Scotland) Bill, Susan Oswald looks at two sections of the Bill- those that relate to child welfare reporters and curators ad litem. Read more

Children (Scotland) Bill: Sec 20 Enforcement Powers for Orders From Outwith Scotland

Posted 4 years ago in Child law, New Law, Court Procedures & Hearings, Jurisdiction, Contact & Residence, Children (Scotland) Bill.

What do you do if you have an English, or Northern Irish, court order and your child ends up in Scotland? Whilst many people know that there are three distinct legal… Read more

Legal Aid for Family Law Arbitration and the Children (Scotland) Bill UPDATED

Posted 4 years ago By Rachael Kelsey in Child law, Collaborative family law, Arbitration, Coronavirus & COVID-19, Contact & Residence, Dispute Resolution and ADR, Mediation, New Law, Children (Scotland) Bill.

Could we be about to see legal aid for arbitration in family law cases? Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland and Convener of the Justice Committee, has an amendment to the… Read more

Children (Scotland) Bill- an Overview

Posted 4 years ago By Rachael Kelsey in Child law, Contact & Residence, Courts, New Law, Children (Scotland) Bill.

Yesterday in the first blog of our series on the Children (Scotland) Bill we gave you some background on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Read more

The Children (Scotland) Bill and the UNCRC

Posted 4 years ago By Rachael Kelsey in Child law, Contact & Residence, Courts, New Law, Children (Scotland) Bill.

There are big changes to child law in Scotland coming. Read more

Contact with your child during lockdown- with Dr Lucie MacKinlay

Posted 5 years ago By Susan Oswald in Child law, Contact & Residence, Coronavirus & COVID-19.

I spoke with Dr Lucie MacKinlay, a chartered Clinical Psychologist who has worked for the NHS since 2003, and who also provides assessments to the courts in contact and residence… Read more

Lockdown and children moving between homes

Posted 5 years ago By Susan Oswald in Child law, Coronavirus & COVID-19, Mediation, Contact & Residence.

For many of my clients the current “lockdown” has had immediate implications for arrangements for contact with their children. Read more