The prestigious LexisNexis Legal Awards 2025 are open for entries, and we are thrilled to announce two special categories ...

*but didn’t ask because… if you were that interested in Chancery work you wouldn’t have become a family lawyer 1. A classic trope of the horror movie is the unexpected return from the dead of ...

The SIHIS Pilot Scheme: read John Vater KC MCIArb’s compelling and detailed analysis ‘The Suspected Inflicted Head Injury Service: Mixed Messages and the Price of Justice’– online now in Family Law on ...

Heard by the Supreme Court in December 2019, with its judgment last July, this case attracted much interest (or “lurid publicity” as per Mr Justice Mostyn in his judgement this week) as it unfolded.

15 years ago a number of family lawyers got together and thought that it may be sensible to mirror our colleagues in the civil litigation world by considering the idea of arbitration in the family law ...

Family analysis: What factors should parties take into consideration in identifying realistic placement options for a child at the start of care proceedings? Sam Momtaz QC and Sharon Segal, of ...

In recent months there have been proposals to criminalise those conducting marriages that do not comply with the formalities laid down by law. However, it is important to understand what offences ...

The Ministry of Justice has announced the appointment of Yvonne Gibson as a District Judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division with effect from 9 July 2010. Ms Gibson, aged 53, was ...

A new report by Kinship, the leading charity for kinship carers in the UK, shows that a lack of financial and other support is stopping kinship foster carers moving to kinship arrangements outside the ...

In D (Appeal: Failure of Case Management) [2017] EWHC 1907 (Fam) the Court of Appeal recently considered the mother’s application for an appeal which raised issues about judicial case management and ...

At a distance, cohabitation disputes involving constructive trusts, proprietary estoppel and applications under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (TOLATA) look very much like a ...