CAFCASS Co-Parenting Hub Launch “Cafcass” is the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service. Its primary role is to provide trained social workers who advise the Court in legal proceedings involving children. Those social workers also assist separated...Read MoreTags: cafcass, co parenting, hub
Cafcass Guidance Note Cafcass has issued guidance on the use of professional time in the family courts. We have reproduced the note in full below. The guidance came into effect on 1 July 2017. We are issuing this guidance, with the approval and support of the...Read MoreTags: cafcass, practice guidance, children proceedings, guidance, private law
Covert Operations As practitioners, we are often asked whether a parent can or should make recordings of conversations with the other party or even the child in the context of an ongoing dispute over arrangements for their child. The motives for a parent wanting to...Read MoreTags: children, contact, children act, cafcass, custody, recording