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

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 ...

Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (MFPA) was enacted just over 40 years ago. The legislation empowered English Courts to provide financial relief to parties who had a ...

Drawing on recently published resources and guides, the article endeavours to identify behaviours that should cause practitioners to be alert and to assess whether the client should be considered ...

This article considers the English law concept of non-marriage taking as its starting point the “postscript” at [88]–[92] of Mostyn J’s judgment in Tousi v Gaydukova [2023] EWHC 404 (Fam). In that ...

Service is an often ignored but critical subject for international family practitioners in every case. If service rules are not followed carefully, you run the risk of your client ending up divorced ...

You can vote for your choice of Champion here, and the results will be announced at the Family Law Awards on 20 November 2024 at the Park Plaza Hotel, Westminster Bridge.

Drug, alcohol and DNA testing laboratory AlphaBiolabs has made a £500 donation to Juno Women’s Aid in Nottingham as part of its Giving Back campaign Drug, alcohol and DNA testing laboratory ...

Maryam Syed KC examines the major developments in Family Law taking place in 2024 so far. What are the new provisions in relation to suspending parental rights for those convicted of murder and ...

In this article, Alex Laing, barrister, and Maya Achan, pupil barrister, both of Coram Chambers, explore the contentious history of the British Indian Ocean Territory (‘BIOT’), and the impact of ...

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 ...