The LexisNexis Legal Awards 2025 shortlist has been released, celebrating the exceptional talent and achievements within the ...

The Children’s Commissioner has submitted written evidence to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee.

The #ValueOurLove campaign is calling on Rachel Reeves to step up and ensure kinship carers receive the support they need to ...

This paper describes an innovative approach to assist the outcome of entrenched private law contact and residence disputes where dependent children are caught up in their parents' 'chronic' ...

In Wolverhampton City Council v JA & Ors [2017] EWFC 62, Keehan J dealt with a care case which involved allegations of sexual abuse of two young girls. They were aged 13 (X) and 12 (Y) at the time of ...

The starting point for this article is the judgment summons application and Iqbal v Iqbal [2017] EWCA Civ 19 (judgment of Sir Ernest Ryder, Senior President of Tribunals of 25 January 2017). However, ...

Casey Randall, Head of Genetics at AlphaBiolabs, explores what makes AlphaBiolabs the industry leader for court-admissible DNA testing. DNA testing plays a critical role in the legal sector, offering ...

Sally Harrison KC considers whether Schedule 1 claims are only for the ultra rich. In this article she addresses the hurdles which potential applicants have to overcome in order to make a Schedule 1 ...

Christie O’Connell, Barrister at 1 Hare Court and Emma Dewhurst, Senior Associate at Hall Brown, highlight the public policy considerations in the recent case of Re Z (Foreign Surrogacy) [2024] EWFC ...

Briony Palmer and Amy Stout provide a practical guide to fact finding in private law, reflecting the enduring popularity of this topic in light of the prevalence of these hearings and the continued ...