The LexisNexis Legal Awards 2024 are officially open for entries, offering a platform to celebrate the very best of the UK’s ...

A teenage Jehovah's Witness who was crushed in a car accident has died after refusing a blood transfusion in hospital. The schoolboy, aged 15, was airlifted to hospital from the incident in Smethwick, ...

An overview is given of the number of family cases coming to the courts and how they are dealt with. This context leads to a discussion of the content aims and possible practical effects of the Family ...

Does this ring a bell? You sit opposite a client whose face gradually lengthens, whose mouth drops and whose eyes widen in dismay and disbelief as you describe how long it takes to bring matrimonial ...

The registration of children after birth is an important and significant moment for parents. On first blush there is no obvious link between registration of a child’s birth and the gender of the child ...

Domestic Violence: Law and Practice is a comprehensive practitioner’s guide to dealing with cases involving personal protection, harassment and domestic violence. The extensive text is supplemented by ...

Rochdale Borough Safeguarding Children Board has published a serious case review that highlights failings by multiple agencies and charities in relation to vulnerable young people who were abused by ...

Sophie Kershaw, Service Manager, Family Drug and Alcohol Court, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust Mike Shaw, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Child and Family Department at the ...

Sir Terence Etherton was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1974 and became a Queen’s Counsel in 1990. He was appointed a High Court judge on 11 January 2001 and assigned to the Chancery Division, ...

The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) has set out a standard approach to help turn around your work more efficiently when submitting online and paper bills. The Financial Remedies Handbook is the first resort ...

In 2011 the Law Comission published its report Intestacy and Family Provisions Claims on Death, Law Com 331 (2011)) in which it recommended reform of the law on intestacy and family provision claims ...

Family procedural law is not as clear as it might be over when ‘a person who is not a party to the proceedings’ (a non-party) can be compelled to produce documents and other information into family ...