The government has announced plans to establish a new national Child Protection Authority (CPA), intended to strengthen ...

New figures published by the Department for Education on 11 December provide a detailed picture of how child sexual abuse ...

A new Bar Council report has warned that family legal aid is becoming unsustainable, with many barristers saying they would ...

Women’s Aid has responded to the Ministry of Justice’s latest package of criminal justice reforms and funding commitments, ...

The Crown Prosecution Service has highlighted the growing complexity of violence against women and girls (VAWG) cases, ...

Resolution’s Finance, Pensions and Tax Committee has analysed the Autumn Budget delivered on 26 November and highlighted ...

The Bar Council has urged the government to abandon proposals that would restrict the use of jury trials, warning that such changes risk undermining public confidence in the criminal justice system.

In this article, Imogen Watkins, Josephine Moreton and Ciara Coleman, barristers at specialist family law set 4PB, discuss the complex questions raised by the growth of digital tracking devices for ...

*but didn’t ask because… if you were that interested in Chancery work you wouldn’t have become a family lawyer 'I’m a common-law wife' (No you’re not) 1. A classic trope of the horror movie is the ...

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The ‘Resolution Approach’ provides a unique method of assessing risk in circumstances where carers maintain denial following findings that they have perpetrated injuries on their child. Traditional ...

The President discussed the following issues: • the digital reform programme • the implementation of the Public Law Working Group recommendations • transparency in the family courts • the resolution ...