The LexisNexis Legal Awards 2025 has extended its entry deadline until 15 November 2024. The LexisNexis Legal Awards offers a ...

A brand-new case management portal and two new websites will be launched later in the year for legal professionals and ...

The Work and Pensions Committee Child Maintenance Service (CMS) inquiry was published today, following its launch in July 2016. The resulting report concluded that the ideal outcome for separated ...

Leading drug, alcohol and DNA testing laboratory, AlphaBiolabs, has made a £500 donation to Carers Trust Solihull as part of its Giving Back campaign.

BASW England is pleased to announce the launch of new guidance for child and family social workers supporting victim-survivors of domestic abuse. The guidance is aimed at social workers within the ...

For blood alcohol testing, Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) testing is the gold standard. Unlike CDT, LFT and MCV blood tests, PEth is a direct biomarker of alcohol. This means that it is only present in ...

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 ...

Although, the couple cannot apply for a dissolution order before a year has elapsed from the date of the formation of the civil partnership, either could apply, within the year, for a separation order ...

This article considers the gender aspects of prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. It focuses on the practical realities of prenuptial agreements, in particular, the negotiating and bargaining ...

This article looks at three recent and important decisions under the Inheritance etc. Act 1975; namely, Ilott v Mitson, Iqbal v Ahmed (both Court of Appeal 2011) and Lilleyman v Lilleyman (Briggs J, ...

This article is based on an address to Jordans Annual Family Law Conference, London, October 2014. It is a great honour to be addressing you today, an honour that is enhanced when I reflect that I ...

The final report and recommendations of the Vulnerable Witnesses and Children Working Group has been published. The Working Group (headed by Hayden J and Russell J) was set up by Sir James Munby, ...