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Lesson 1

Key Text eBook

Family Law

by Herring J
Essential Resource Legislation

Human Rights Act 1998.
Essential Resource Website

What is family mediation?

by Family Mediation Council
Essential Resource Website

Cafcass advises the family courts about the…

by Cafcass
Essential Resource Website

End of life and the European Convention on Human…

by European Court of Human Rights

Lesson 2

Key Text eBook

Family Law

by Herring J
Essential Resource Website

PART 3 - Non-court dispute resolution

by Ministry of Justice
Essential Resource Legislation

Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973

Essential Resource Website

Taking divorce out of the courts is not an attack…

by Moore. S
Essential Resource Website

"Blame game" to end as Divorce Bill…

by The Rt Hon Robert Buckland KC and Ministry of Justice
Essential Resource Article

No fault’ divorce: details which need to be…

by Bowden, C. et al.
Essential Resource Article

The prospect of no-fault divorce: A multi-…

by Cantwell B
Essential Resource Website

Practice Direction 3A - Family Mediation…

by Ministry of Justice
Essential Resource Website

Part 7: Procedure for Applications in Matrimonial…

by Ministry of Justice
Essential Resource Legislation

Matrimonial Causes Act 1973

Essential Resource Website

Divorces in England and Wales - Office for…

by Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Essential Resource Legislation

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013

Wider Reading Website

Apply for a divorce or to dissolve a civil…

by HM Courts & Tribunals Service
Wider Reading Website

Take divorce out of judges’ hands – Munby

by Baksi, C.
Wider Reading Website

Jagger and Hall end marriage that never was

by Guardian staff and agencies
Wider Reading Website

Get a divorce: Check you can get a divorce

by HM Courts & Tribunals Service
Wider Reading Legislation

Family Law Act 1996

Wider Reading Legislation

Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014

Lesson 3

Key Text eBook

Family Law

by Herring, J.
Essential Resource Other

Sorting Out Finances on Divorce 2024

by Family Justice Council
Essential Resource Website

The impact of LASPO on routes to justice

by Organ, J. and Sigafoos, J.
Essential Resource Legislation

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders…
Essential Resource Other

Guidance on ‘Financial Needs' on Divorce

by Family Justice Council
Essential Resource Website

Financial statement for a financial order (…

by HM Courts & Tribunals Service
Essential Resource Website

Family Procedure Rules

by Ministry of Justice
Essential Resource Website

Matrimonial property, needs, and agreements

by Law Commission
Essential Resource Legislation

Children and Families Act 2014

Essential Resource Article

It's good to talk

by Emmerson, D.
Wider Reading Legislation

Matrimonial Causes Act 1973

Wider Reading Legislation

Civil Partnership Act 2004

Wider Reading Legislation

Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Court Act…
Wider Reading Legislation

Children Act 1989

Wider Reading Legislation

Pensions Act 1995

Wider Reading Legislation

Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999

Lesson 4

Key Text eBook

Family Law

by Herring J
Essential Resource Other

'Transfer of whole of registered title(s)…

by HM Land Registry
Essential Resource Other

Cohabitation: The Financial Consequences of…

by Law Commission
Essential Resource Website

'Divorce man 'wants kidney back'

by BBC News

Lesson 5

Key Text eBook

Family Law

by Herring, J.
Essential Resource Legislation

Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) (Amendment)…
Essential Resource Website

Intimate image abuse – despite increased reports…

by Bottomley, B. and Bruckmayer, M.
Essential Resource Website

A matter of life and death: abusers who strangle…

by Das S,
Essential Resource Article

Economic abuse: its impact on financial remedy…

by Da Costa-Waldman, E.
Essential Resource Other

Written evidence submitted by Refuge (DAB33)

by Domestic Abuse Bill Public Bill Committee
Essential Resource Article

No longer a civil matter? The design and use of…

by Bates, L.
Essential Resource Other

Written evidence submitted by the Law Society of…

by Domestic Abuse Bill Public Bill Committee
Essential Resource Article

Domestic violence: the facts, the issues, the…

by Starmer, K.
Wider Reading Legislation

Domestic Abuse Act 2021

Wider Reading Legislation

Family Law Act 1996

Wider Reading Website

Support someone I know who is being abused -…

by Refuge
Wider Reading Legislation

Protection from Harassment Act 1997

Wider Reading Legislation

Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations 2012
Wider Reading Article

Prevention and protection: will the Domestic…

by Bishop, C.
Wider Reading Article

Domestic abuse and child arrangement proceedings…

by Burton, M. and Bettinson, V.
Wider Reading Website

Refuge, the largest UK domestic abuse…

by Refuge
Wider Reading Website

We are SafeLives - Ending domestic abuse

by SafeLives
Wider Reading Website

I’m not sure if my relationship is healthy

by Women's Aid
Wider Reading Website

Home - Women's Aid

by Women’s Aid
Wider Reading Legislation

Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004
Wider Reading Legislation

Legal Aid, Sentencing, and Punishment of…
Wider Reading Website

Barnardo's | Children's charity |…

by Barnardo's
Wider Reading Website

NOUR

by Nour
Wider Reading Legislation

Matrimonial Causes Act 1973
Wider Reading Legislation

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
Wider Reading Legislation

Children Act 1989
Wider Reading Legislation

Civil Partnership Act 2004
Wider Reading Legislation

Crime and Security Act 2010
Wider Reading Legislation

Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015
Wider Reading Legislation

Protection of Freedoms Act 2012
Wider Reading Legislation

Serious Crime Act 2015

Lesson 6

Key Text eBook

Family Law

by Herring J
Essential Resource Legislation

Children Act 1989

Wider Reading Legislation

Adoption and Children Act 2002

Wider Reading Website

The Transparency Project | MAKING FAMILY JUSTICE…

by Transparency Project
Wider Reading Legislation

Family Law Reform Act 1969

Wider Reading Website

Register a Birth

by HM Government
Wider Reading Legislation

Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985

Wider Reading Legislation

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (…
Wider Reading Legislation

Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
Wider Reading Article

Building families through surrogacy: placing the…

by Black, G. and Hopkins, N.
Wider Reading Website

Section 13 of the Children Act 1989 | Deed Poll…

by Deed Poll Office
Wider Reading Website

Finding out about your donor and genetic siblings…

by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)
Wider Reading Legislation

Family Law Act 1986
Wider Reading Legislation

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008
Wider Reading Website

@familylaw

by Family Law News
Wider Reading Article

Drawing the line – suspension of parental…

by Newby, A. J.
Wider Reading Website

Surrogacy - Law Commission

by Law Commission
Wider Reading Website

Jade's Law passed to limit rights of killer…

by Richards, M.
Wider Reading Article

Surrogacy law reform in the UK: the ambiguous…

by Brown, A.
Wider Reading Legislation

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990
Wider Reading Legislation

Human Rights Act 1998

Lesson 7

Key Text eBook

Family Law

by Herring J
Essential Resource Article

Presuming the status quo? The impact of the…

by Harwood, J.
Essential Resource Website

Re S promoting a relationship with the absent…

by Mackenzie Friend Family Law
Essential Resource Website

Plans to protect children under new mediation…

by Ministry of Justice, Cafcass, and Raab, D.
Essential Resource Article

Contact and domestic violence – the experts’…

by Sturge, C. and Glaser, D.
Essential Resource Legislation

Children Act 1989

Essential Resource Other

Contact Between Children and Violent Parents…

by DCA
Essential Resource Website

What is a MIAM? - Family Mediation Council

by Family Mediation Council
Essential Resource Article

Parental Alienation: where are we now?

by Wiley, F.
Essential Resource Legislation

Children and Adoption Act 2006
Essential Resource Website

Practice Direction 12B - Child Arrangements…

by Ministry of Justice
Essential Resource Website

Practice Direction 12J – Child Arrangements…

by Ministry of Justice
Wider Reading Website

Shared residency not a 'magic solution'

by The ESRC Research Group for the Study of Care, Values and Future of Welfare (CAVA)
Wider Reading Other

Fact-finding hearings and domestic abuse in…

by Lady Justice Macur
Wider Reading Website

Parental alienation and the unregulated experts…

by Summers, H. and Campbell, B.
Wider Reading Legislation

European Convention on Human Rights
Wider Reading Legislation

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008
Wider Reading Article

Beckett, 'While they wait for courts,…
Wider Reading Article

Is welfare faring well? In praise of the welfare…

by Bevan, C.
Wider Reading Website

Children and Family Courts Advisory Support…
Wider Reading Legislation

Children and Families Act 2014
Wider Reading Legislation

Human Rights Act 1998
Wider Reading Legislation

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders…
Wider Reading Website

Section 91(14) barring orders

by Home Office
Wider Reading Article

Gibson, A, ‘Parental alienation: Is the term fit…
Wider Reading Article

Neale B, Flowerdew J, and Smart C, ‘Drifting…

Lesson 8

Key Text eBook

Family Law

by Herring, J.
Essential Resource Website

Thousands of new foster carers urgently needed in…

by Booth, R
Essential Resource Other

Children Act 1989 guidance and regulations,…

by Department for Education
Essential Resource Website

Reporting suspected sexual abuse to be mandatory…

by PA Media
Essential Resource Website

Who are children in need?

by Children’s Commissioner
Essential Resource Website

Social workers given new guidance for section 20…

by Stevenson, L.
Essential Resource Legislation

Children Act 1989

Essential Resource Website

Practical Law

by Thomson Reuters
Essential Resource Website

Family Procedure Rules

by Ministry of Justice
Wider Reading Legislation

The Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000

Wider Reading Other

The Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child…

by Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA)
Wider Reading Legislation

Adoption and Children Act 2006

Wider Reading Legislation

Children Act 2004

Wider Reading Legislation

Children and Families Act 2014

Wider Reading Other

The protection of children in England: action plan

by Department for Children, Schools and Families
Wider Reading Other

Munro review of child protection: a child-centred…

by Department for Education
Wider Reading Legislation

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006

Wider Reading Other

Independent inquiry into child sexual…

by Jay, A.
Wider Reading Other

The Protection of Children in England:  A…

by Lord Laming
Wider Reading Other

The Victoria Climbie Inquiry

by Lord Laming
Wider Reading Legislation

Care Standards Act 2000

Wider Reading Article

Religion as harm? Radicalisation, extremism and…

by Taylor, R.
Wider Reading Article

Care proceedings and international kinship care

by Wright, M.
Wider Reading Other

Public Law Working Group report: recommendations…

by Public Law Working Group (PLWG)

Lesson 9

Key Text eBook

Family Law

by Herring J
Essential Resource Website

HCCH | Child Abduction Section

by Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH)
Essential Resource Website

FAQs - You Can Adopt

by You Can Adopt
Essential Resource Website

Children waiting longer in care before they are…

by Adoption UK
Essential Resource Website

Child abduction and the war in Ukraine

by Al-Omari M
Essential Resource Website

Child abduction changes

by Farrands, J, and Habershon, H
Essential Resource Website

International parental child abduction

by Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Essential Resource Other

Revisiting child abduction: solving the problems…

by Legal Monitor Worldwide
Essential Resource Website

Reunite | International Child Abduction Centre |…

by Reunite International
Essential Resource Other

Children looked after in England including…

by Department for Education
Essential Resource Other

International Child Abduction and Contact Unit…

by Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
Wider Reading Legislation

Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 EC
Wider Reading Legislation

Children and Adoption Act 2006

Wider Reading Legislation

Children and Families Act 2014

Wider Reading Legislation

European Convention on Recognition and…
Wider Reading Other

Simplification of the Criminal Law: Kidnapping…

by Law Commission
Wider Reading Article

'I was putting her first': Birth…

by Lewis, S
Wider Reading Legislation

Care Standards Act 2000

Wider Reading Legislation

Child Abduction Act 1984

Wider Reading Legislation

Children Act 1989

Wider Reading Legislation

Children Act 2004

Wider Reading Website

Adoption Barometer | Adoption UK Charity

by Adoption UK
Wider Reading Other

Child Abduction Section

by Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH)
Wider Reading Website

Private children law after Brexit | The Law…

by The Law Society
Wider Reading Legislation

Adoption and Children Act 2002

Wider Reading Article

Re M (Children) (Habitual Residence: 1980 Hague…

by Bailey-Harris, R.
Wider Reading Website

Supreme Court decides that inchoate rights of…

by Family Law Week
Wider Reading Other

International parental child abduction (England…

by Foster, D.
Wider Reading Website

Family law disputes involving the EU: guidance…

by Ministry of Justice
Wider Reading Other

Press summary: In the matter of K (A Child) (…

by Lady Hale et al.
Wider Reading Website

Adoption can change a child's life for the…

by You Can Adopt
Wider Reading Website

Adoption UK Charity

by Adoption UK
Wider Reading Website

Adoption Matters| Children's adoption…

by Adoption Matters
Wider Reading Website

Coram Adoption | Independent Adoption Agency in…

by Coram
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