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Celebrating the excellence, resilience, and humanity at the heart of family law. The LexisNexis Family Law Awards 2025 are officially open for entries – and with them, a unique opportunity for ...

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 Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) is running a pilot scheme to bring an end to separated parents poisoning their child against the other parent. Parents who are ...

Can you give away an interest in land in the course of a discussion? In Ely v Robson [2016] EWCA Civ 774, Ms Robson argued that you could not: an oral agreement would not be compliant with s 2 (1) Law ...

The labours of the Private Law Working Group, set up by the President of the Family Division back in August 2013, have now come to fruition and on 22 April the new Practice Direction 12B - Child ...

Join us in person on Saturday 7 June in Birmingham with the Article continues below... Bar Conference – held for the very ...

Cansofrd Labs recently hosted a live Q&A covering key questions around hair strand testing – from cut-off levels and concerns ...

Bar Conference – held for the very first time on Circuit – is set to examine the Bar’s culture, public inquiries and the ...

Andrew Bainham Emeritus Reader in Family Law and Policy University of Cambridge. This article is concerned with the reform of kinship care law in the light of recent governmental ...

Do family courts adopt a consistent approach to children’s autonomy? If not, should they? This article critically examines the inconsistency with which courts address children’s autonomy in ...

This article explores key pitfalls that arise when chattels are disputed in divorce proceedings. It addresses the crucial question of ownership, and the ways in which assets can become ...