The Court of Appeal’s judgment in Re D brings renewed focus to how threshold is approached when parents have not engaged with proceedings. The decision makes clear that the statutory test cannot be treated as satisfied simply because a parent has failed to respond or...
When can social services lawfully withdraw support from people with no recourse to public funds and what safeguards must they follow? Drawing on recent legal advice to a local authority, solicitor Hannah Moses unpacks the complex duties facing social services, the...
Graeme Bentley examines the implications for local authorities and children’s services practitioners of a recent Court of Appeal decision in which all parties supported an appeal against a Recorder’s fact-finding judgment, but, unusually, the Court dismissed it. In Re...
Our colleague Sophie Payne took home the award for Best Family Law Paralegal at the CILEX National Paralegal Awards in Birmingham on 18 September 2025. For those of us who work alongside Sophie, the recognition came as no surprise. In just three years at Invicta Law,...
Exciting news for our team at Invicta Law! We’re proud to announce that we have been shortlisted as a Workplace of the Year finalist in the 2025 LexisNexis Family Law Awards – a recognition of our commitment to creating a supportive, inclusive and people-focused...
