Work and Pensions Minister Alison McGovern has confirmed that reform of the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) will form part of ...

The Family Law Awards 2025 are officially open for entries - but the clock is ticking. With a deadline of Friday 6 June, now ...

Simon Bruce has spent more than 40 years practising family law. He’s seen the field evolve, led high-stakes cases and helped ...

Nail testing is a toxicological method used to detect drug use or, in the case of nail alcohol testing, to monitor abstinence or chronic and excessive alcohol consumption over an extended period.

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 ...

You may be aware that the recent Court of Appeal case of Re W [2016] EWCA Civ 793 has been causing some head scratching among commentators. There is no doubt that this was a difficult case. The CoA ...

The President of the Family Division Sir James Munby has released Practice Guidance today relating to the duration of ex parte (without notice) orders. Concerns were raised by the Magistrates’ ...

In Re G (Residence: Same Sex Partners) [2005] 2 FLR 957, the parties had cohabited in a same-sex relationship for 8 years, during which time the respondent gave birth to two children conceived by ...

Many family law practitioners will have experience of cases where one parent (usually the father) presses strongly for equal shared care of the children and there is at least a suspicion that part of ...

The family law reforms are two working days away. The volume of material for family law professionals to read and digest is huge and the Children and Families Act 2014 is a biggie at 241 pages long.

The President of the Family Division has a issued a revised Public Law Outline(PLO) and pilot practice direction, as well as a number of supporting guidance documents. There are three President's ...

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 ...