Family Court Practice
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Divorces and dissolutions in England and Wales:Â latest statistics published (opens the original)
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There were 105,961 legal partnership dissolutions in England and Wales in 2025, according to the latest figures, comprising 105,002 divorces and 959 civil partnership dissolutions. The number of dissolutions was broadly similar to 2023 and 2024, but remained below the levels recorded during the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, when around 150,000 divorces took place each year. The divorce rate for opposite-sex couples was 8.4 per 1,000 married people in 2025. This was similar to the rates recorded
Increase in new cases started in the family court, particularly private law cases, latest MoJ statistics reveal (opens the original)
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The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has published its' 'Family Court Statistics Quarterly: April to June 2026'. "Increase in the number of cases started in the family courts67,843 new cases started in family courts in April to June 2026, up 1% compared to the same quarter in 2025. This was due to increases in private law (11%) and financial remedy (4%) cases. However, there was a decrease in domestic violence (5%), matrimonial matters (4%) and adoption (3%) case starts. On average, care proceedings we
Section 19 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (domestic abuse related death reviews) comes into force on 15th September 2026 (opens the original)
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Regulation 2 of the The Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (Commencement No. 11) Regulations 2026 states that: Section 19 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (domestic abuse related death reviews) comes into force on 15th September 2026. An impact assessment has not been produced for this statutory instrument as no impact, or significant impact, on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.
Ministry of Justice publishes revised data concerning children with a parent in prison (opens the original)
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An estimated 219,000 children in England and Wales had a parent in prison between October 2023 and October 2024, according to revised figures published by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). Entitled ‘Updated Estimates of Children with a Parent in Prison: A publication providing revised estimates of children with a parent in prison for the annual period October 2023 to October 2024 for England and Wales', the updated estimate, published on 10 September 2026, represents around 2% of school-aged childr
Specialist rape teams to be in every police force by 2027 as domestic abuse protection orders expanded (opens the original)
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All police forces in England and Wales will have specialist rape and sexual offence teams by December 2027 under measures announced by the Government to strengthen the response to violence against women and girls. The rollout, originally scheduled to be completed by summer 2029, will be accelerated following concerns from Prime Minister Andy Burnham that the existing timetable was “too slow”. The Home Office has also announced that domestic abuse protection orders will be expanded to cover all f
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