The Racial Justice Family Network (RJFN) is a collaborative network of individuals and organisations focused on promoting ...

The winners of the Family Law Awards 2024 were announced on Wednesday 20 November at a glamorous evening event at the Park ...

The case of Re A, decided in July 2024, is a rare and possibly unique example of the Family Court making an order for post-adoption contact following a contested adoption application. Laura Williams ...

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’ ...

Brenda Long and Emma Baillie, Solicitors, Blandy and Blandy, Reading. Eight solicitors have been prosecuted in the last 12 months for failing to notify under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA).

Settling cases is rewarding for a family lawyer. Sometimes we need help in doing so, in particular the help of a lawyer/mediator adept at finding an imaginative solution in a challenging situation.

This article explores disclosure within the sphere of public law Children Act matters. It considers the positive duties of local authorities to disclose all relevant material in their possession which ...

Jordan Publishing is pleased to announce that The Hon Mr Justice Cobb has joined the editorial boards of the Family Law Reports and the Family Law journal as Consultant Editor. Sir Stephen Cobb has ...

*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 ...