AlphaBiolabs’ NIPP testing represents the gold standard in prenatal paternity testing, analysing up to 153 DNA markers for ...

The LexisNexis Legal Awards 2025 shortlist has been released, celebrating the exceptional talent and achievements within the entire legal community. This prestigious event will once again bring ...

Over 30 kinship carers have marched and chanted their way through Westminster to the Treasury to call on the Chancellor Rachel Reeves to provide a financial allowance for all kinship carers. Kinship ...

The Children’s Commissioner has submitted written evidence to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee. This evidence builds on oral evidence provided by the Children’s Commissioner on 21 ...

Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, reiterates the message being given as he embarks upon his tour of every care centre in the country. He discusses the reforms currently being faced by ...

The Institute of Family Therapy (IFT) opened in 1977 and since that time has established a national and international reputation for its work. In 1987 there began what has become a long and creative ...

According to Stuart Clark and Emma Chowdhury, of the International Family Law Group, the English Family Courts strongly encourage any financial order made upon divorce or civil partnership dissolution ...

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 ...

Family Procedure (Amendment No X) Rules 2015 are out for consultation, comments invited by 25 September 2015 (and see ('consultation, a postscript' (below)). Family Procedure Rules 2010 are proposed ...

This article considers the challenges facing those who seek a direction under s 38(6) Children Act 1989, so as to seek a further assessment, involving predominantly the child. There is a consideration ...

Alistair MacDonald QC and Julie Moseley, St Philips Chambers, Birmingham: The Art 10 right of parents to express opinions online via social media, and the right of the press to publish those opinions ...

*but didn’t ask because… if you were that interested in Chancery work you wouldn’t have become a family lawyer 1. A classic trope of the horror movie is the unexpected return from the dead of ...