Rachel Davenport, Co-founder and Director at AlphaBiolabs, discusses the role that Drug, Alcohol and DNA testing can play in ...

Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996 (the 1996 Act) sets out the basic legislative framework for the protection of victims of Domestic Violence in England and Wales. With very limited exceptions all ...

The recent Court of Appeal decision of Re P (A Child) [2018] EWCA Civ 720 (11 April 2018) concerned T (born we are told ‘in 2000’: ie she is 17 or over, see the Children Act 1989, s 31(3) below) and ...

In the cross-currents of the common law principles of disclosure and confidentiality two cases, over the past month, stand out: DB v The General Medical Council [2016] EWHC 2331 (QB), Soole J and X, Y ...

Family analysis: Following A Local Government v A and others [2018] EWHC 1819 (Fam), a hearing involving the death of a baby in suspicious circumstances, Gemma Taylor QC at 42 Bedford Row and Samantha ...

This article was originally published in the December issue of Family Law at [2014] Fam Law 1765 and has been made available free of charge. It has been updated by the authors since its original ...

Spare a thought for the front-line circuit or district judge who is told, often enough, by the Court of Appeal that family proceedings are non-adversarial; and then is criticised by the same Court of ...

Family Law, sharia law, Islamic divorce, sharia councils, Muslim, Home Office, review, civil marriage, religious ceremony, Title : Sharia law review recommends civil marriage alongside religious ...

Occasionally, a book comes along that excites you, not just for its content, but for its potential to change the landscape of family law for the better. Family Law Case Library (Children) is one of ...

What is your position and what do you do on a day-to-day basis? I am the Director of mediation business Devon Family Solutions in Exeter, Devon. This means I own and run the day-to-day business and ...

In his Sir Henry Brooke annual lecture, titled 'The Age of Reform', given on 7 June 2018, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett of Maldon said: 'Significant reforms of the civil and family courts have ...

The shortlist for the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2025 has been announced. The LexisNexis Legal Awards will be held at the Park Plaza Riverbank on 13 March 2025. You can book your table here.