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Hallucinogen drug testing: What family law professionals need to know
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Mário Barroso

Mário leads AlphaBiolabs' technical team on developing and improving testing methods.

Prior to joining AlphaBiolabs, Mário spent 20 years as a Forensic Toxicologist at the Portuguese National Institute of Forensic Medicine, where he developed and implemented hair testing services.

He also sits on the Administration Board of the Society of Hair Testing. 

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Alex Curran
Alex has experience in all elements of family law with a particular emphasis on the financial matters arising as a result of relationship breakdown, particularly in cases involving complex and substantial assets. He has worked on cases that have been heard in the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.
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Hallucinogen drug testing: What family law professionals need to know
Hallucinogen drug testing: What family law professionals need to know
**Sponsored Content**Mário Barroso, Head of R&D and Method Development at AlphaBiolabs, discusses what family law professionals need to know about hallucinogens, from the main hallucinogenic drugs...
Mário Barroso
Article 15 SEP 2026
Public Law children’s hearings and Part 25 applications: topical issues
Public Law children’s hearings and Part 25 applications: topical issues
Matthew Chipperfield-Taylor, St Mary’s Family LawThere is a changing landscape in Public Law Children’s Proceedings, with a drive towards being expedient, which has brought with it a different...
Article 14 SEP 2026
An essential upgrade to the advocate’s tool kit: the updated toolkit on vulnerable witnesses and parties in the Family Court
An essential upgrade to the advocate’s tool kit: the updated toolkit on vulnerable witnesses and parties in the Family Court
Tom Clarke, Deka ChambersMax Melsa, Deka Chambers This article addresses the update of the Advocates' Toolkit on vulnerable witnesses and parties in the family court, which is also for the first...
Article 14 SEP 2026
Joint Committee on Human Rights calls for reform of children’s social care system to improve lifelong outcomes
Joint Committee on Human Rights calls for reform of children’s social care system to improve lifelong outcomes
The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has called for wide-ranging reform of the children’s social care system, warning that current arrangements are failing to provide adequate support for...
Article 7 SEP 2026
Adoption in the UK following double gamete surrogacy in the US
Adoption in the UK following double gamete surrogacy in the US
Mary Welstead, Visiting Professor in Family law University of BuckinghamIn C and Another v E (International Surrogacy and Domestic Adoption) ([2025] 2 FLR 637), attention was drawn to the...
Article 14 SEP 2026
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