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Re: A and B (Child Arrangements: Parental Alienation)

Transfer of residence (father to mother), Hague Convention (Australia), unilateral actions in breach of Parental Responsibility of the other parent, Parental Alienation (by the father), and other matters.

Disabled children: Most carers not offered assessment

Almost two-thirds of people who care for disabled children have not been offered an assessment of their needs, according to a new report.

[2021] EWHC 3626 (Fam) – Hague Convention; abducting parent refusing to return

This is an application made pursuant to the Hague Convention for the return of a boy, now aged nearly 4½, to the United States of America. The circumstances of the abduction were grave. The mother removed the child from Illinois to England on 20 April 2019. She initially retained some contact and communication with the…

Erin Pizzey set up the first domestic abuse shelter. Why is she now a men’s rights advocate?

In 1971, Erin Pizzey set up the first domestic abuse shelter. Why is she now a men’s rights advocate? Fifty years ago, the first sanctuary for “battered wives” opened its doors. It went on to become Refuge, the UK’s largest single provider of help for those experiencing domestic violence. Erin Pizzey, the woman who began…