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

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

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.

In this article, Sue Brookes explores why all family law specialists need to screen their clients properly for domestic abuse and she explains why domestic abuse screening is not a tool which should ...

For over 30 years, English family law has maintained a clear separation between children and financial remedy proceedings; a system which generally works well. However, in international relocation ...

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 ...

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 ...

The European Parliament has voted with an overwhelming majority (602 votes in favour, 23 against, 63 abstentions) to endorse the European Commission's proposal for an EU-wide violence protection order ...

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’ ...

Chattels, whether art, jewellery or other heirlooms, often hold significant personal and financial value. Unfortunately, when marriages involving them come to an end, couples often face bitter ...

The Law Society has published a devastating critique of LASPO (Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012), which slashed civil and family legal aid. In a report published this week, ...