The Family Justice Review has today been published. Its findings include a conclusion that the family justice system currently moves too slowly and should provide a better service to the adults and children who need to use it every year. Whilst we agree that family cases currently can take far longer than they should to […]
The BBC website has today run an article about Family Intervention Projects which are run across the country to help parents get to grips with difficulties they have had in parenting their children and running their homes. The project provides a very intensive service and the workers are available seven days a week. They can […]
Pierre Lagrange who is a Hedge Fund Manager and one of the richest 250 people in Britain has separated from his wife and divorce proceedings have commenced in the Family Division of the High Court. Mr Lagrange has come out as gay and has commenced a relationship with fashion designer Roubi L’Roubi whom he has […]
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has this weekend published an article in the Guardian vowing not to allow any watering down of human rights legislation in this country. He makes the very valid point that the human rights act is most used in this country by those who are most vulnerable and often in the […]
At Higgins Miller we are obviously involved with many single parents and although generally attitudes have moved on there still appears to be some stigma attached to being a single parent. Whilst we believe that it is best for a child to have a positive relationship with both parents following a the breakdown of a […]
In the wake of the death of Amy Winehouse much has been written about the nature of addiction to drugs and alcohol and also about how to help someone suffering with addiction. We at Higgins Miller often advise clients who have problems with addictions to both alcohol and drugs. These clients may be involved with social services or […]
A committee of MPs has published a report proposing reforms to how child maintenance s paid. The report identifies that the current system run by the Child Support Agency is inadequate and leaves many children of separated parents without sufficient child maintenance and notes that many single parents receive either irregular or no payments of […]
Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday published an article in the Sunday Telegraph criticising “runaway dads” and calling for them to be stigmatised in the same way as drink drivers. He says that fathers should “financially and emotionally support their child even if they have split up from their mother” and “spend time with their kids […]
We often deal with cases where, for whatever reason, children cannot continue to be brought up by their parents and extended family members step in to care for them instead. Such people are known as Kinship Carers. The benefit of this for the child is that they are able to remain within their birth family […]
An independent panel has published a report into the repercussions of a future without legal aid. The panel was made up of people with no vested interest in legal aid and included a former liberal democrat MP, the Cannon of Westminster Abbey and the assistant general secretary of the trade union Unite. They heard evidence […]