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In H (Children: Expertise of Witness) [2026] EWCA Civ 249, the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal brought by a mother over care orders concerning her three children, in a ...

The President's decision in Re Y represents a significant reshaping of the Family Court's approach to expert evidence and allegations of alienating behaviour. The case concerned two children removed from ...

In Re Y (Experts and Alienating Behaviour: The Modern Approach) [2026] EWFC 38, the President of the Family Division Sir Andrew McFarlane revisited a 2019 case in which a mother ...

On 20 February 2026, the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, handed down judgment in Re Y (Experts and Alienating Behaviour: The Modern Approach) [2026] EWFC 38, involving ...

A mother whose children were taken away by the family courts has been vindicated after a six-year struggle to overturn flawed evidence given by Melanie Gill, an unregulated psychologist. Gill ...

Writing in the wake of the Re Y judgment, TBIJ's lead reporter argued that the real issue is not about any one individual, but about a family justice system that ...

An undercover investigation by TBIJ and Tortoise Media exposed the views of Melanie Gill, an unregulated psychologist who had given evidence in hundreds of family court cases. Speaking to an ...

The government and judiciary rejected calls for a full review of family court cases involving unregulated psychologist Melanie Gill, whose evidence has been linked to children being removed from their ...

Anyone can call themselves a "psychologist" in England and Wales — the title is not legally protected. This explainer, written with a consultant clinical psychologist, sets out why that creates ...