Psychology Experts News
Courts and Tribunals Bill Removes the Presumption That Parental Contact Serves Children’s Welfare
The Courts and Tribunals Bill, introduced to Parliament on 25 February 2026, contains Clause 17, which repeals the presumption of parental involvement in section 1(2A) of the Children Act 1989. ...
Read More Child Focused Courts Roll Out Nationally
The government confirmed on 17 March 2026 that Child Focused Courts — formerly known as Pathfinder Courts — will be expanded across the entirety of England and Wales, following a ...
Read More Parliamentary Committee Debates the End of the Parental Involvement Presumption
The Courts and Tribunals Bill, introduced to the House of Commons on 25 February 2026, includes Clause 17, which would remove the presumption of parental involvement from section 1(2A) of ...
Read More Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Revoke Adoption of Sisters
The Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeal's earlier decision in Re X and Y (Children: Adoption Order: Setting Aside) [2026] UKSC 13, confirming that the High Court does not ...
Read More The Teenager Who Took On the Family Courts and Won
TBIJ reported the story of a girl pseudonymised as Florence, who was taken from her mother aged 10 and spent five years battling to reverse court orders influenced by expert ...
Read More Parallel Family and Criminal Proceedings
In Re C (Born August 2022) [2026] EWFC 74 (B), Deputy District Judge Nahal-Macdonald, sitting at Bromley, raised concerns about the confusion created when the same allegations of domestic abuse ...
Read More Court of Appeal Guidance on Challenging Expert Qualifications
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 ...
Read More What the Modern Approach Means in Practice
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 ...
Read More President of Family Division Resets the Framework for Expert Evidence
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 ...
Read More A Landmark Ruling on Unregulated Experts
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 ...
Read More