The LexisNexis Family Law Awards 2025 are officially open for entries – and with them, a unique opportunity for businesses to ...

Updated guidance to assist judicial office holders in relation to the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been published ...

On 24 April 2025 the Children’s Commissioner issued a Statement on Ofcom’s new Children’s Safety Codes: ...

The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 prohibits alleged perpetrators of domestic abuse and their victims from cross-examining each other, with the court appointing legal practitioners to carry out ...

In a recent press release, Womens's Aid have stated: "As outlined in a previous update, Women’s Aid have increased our minimum annual funding settlement for specialist domestic abuse services to align ...

Family law is an arena for everyone. Every kind of person has the potential to frequent these courts hoping for justice. It is therefore common place for users who have sight-impairment, mobility ...

This article examines the difficult and often emotive issue of disclosure of highly personal information about one party to other parties within public law proceedings under the Children Act 1989. The ...

Section 18 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 also known as Jade’s Law will place a mandatory duty on the Crown Court to make a Prohibited Steps Order (PSO) suspending the parental responsibility ...

Domestic abuse (DA) remains one of the most pressing issues within child protection systems. A recent meeting of the Quality Circle, chaired by Gemma Taylor KC and featuring Professor Brid ...

Mrs Justice Arbuthnot held that AZ, an 11 year old, lacked Gillick competence to decide the future of her pregnancy. Her parents were regarded as too unreliable to make a decision for AZ; it was, ...

Unaccompanied asylum seeking children arriving in the UK are in desperate need of the full range of social care and health services available from public authorities. Most asylum seekers who enter the ...

Family Rights Group is proud to launch ‘A film for parents with learning difficulties and disabilities: working with a child and family social worker.’ This much needed resource, created with and for ...