Insights: Safeguarding

The most recent storyline in Coronation Street has had viewers following the disturbing story of Yasmeen Nazir and how she has been involved in an abusive relationship with Geoff Metcalfe.

Are parents gendered? By that I mean does "mother" denote female and "father" denote male?

Ward Hadaway has expanded its team in Manchester with the appointment of four new lawyers, specialising in family matters.

Agreeing on contact arrangements for parents and children during the Christmas period can be a difficult process for some separated families.

The case of Poole Borough Council v GN and another [2019] UKSC 25 was seen as a long awaited attempt to clarify the extent to which public authorities could be found to have a duty of care towards those (in this case children) whom they come into contact with in exercising their functions, for example, under child welfare legislation.

A Women in the Law UK event sponsored by award-winning Manchester law firm Ward Hadaway has been hailed a huge success after it sold out in record time.

Today marks Parental Alienation Awareness Day, a day to raise awareness about a little understood issue. Originating from Canada, parental alienation involves one parent deliberately influencing a child and encouraging them to stop seeing or having contact with another parent.

March marks the start of Surrogacy Awareness Month in the USA and while there is no English equivalent, surrogacy has been discussed extensively in the news recently and has become more prevalent.

The school summer holidays have arrived and at Ward Hadaway we are often asked to advise divorced or separated parents whether they can take their children on holiday abroad or whether they need the permission of the child's other parent.