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The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) announced that seven top barristers make the step up from bar to bench. The seven candidates approved as High Court Judges are Frances Judd QC, Jennifer Eady...

Boris Johnson’s decision to prorogue Parliament could threaten the progress of two Bills anticipated by family law professionals – the Domestic Abuse Bill and the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation...

Anne Longfield, the Children’s Commissioner for England, has published new research which shines a light on the thousands of children growing up in homeless families. The report, ‘Bleak houses:...

The High Court has determined that there is no bar to a litigation friend of a child or other protected party being held liable for costs, whether acting on behalf of a claimant or defendant: the...

The survey, carried out by Fidelity International, an investment management company, found that 56% of women and 60% of men said they had no plans for what would happen to their pensions should their...

Surrogacy is an increasingly mainstream part of family law, with the numbers of children born through surrogacy up tenfold in the last decade. As family lawyers who deal with surrogacy cases will...

Official figures released yesterday by the Office of National Statistics confirms that the number of people cohabiting in the UK has risen by 25.8% over the past decade, making it the fastest growing...

A recent report calls for significant changes to Special Guardianship Orders (SGOs), which includes ensuring family members who might become carers have direct experience of looking after the child...

The care system in England is struggling to cope with rising demand from teenagers, the children’s commissioner, Anne Longfield, has said.The Children’s Commissioner’s 2019 Stability Index is an...

The Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017 came into force in England and Wales on 31 July 2019. The act is informally known as Claudia’s Law, as former solicitor Peter Lawrence campaigned for a...

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