AlphaBiolabs’ NIPP testing represents the gold standard in prenatal paternity testing, analysing up to 153 DNA markers for ...

Liza Gordon-Saker has been appointed to be a District Judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division with effect from Monday 25 January 2010. Mrs Gordon-Saker, 50, heads Fenners Chambers ...

The LexisNexis Legal Awards 2025 shortlist has been released, celebrating the exceptional talent and achievements within the ...

Last night's Panorama programme shown on BBC 1 highlighted the case of a couple whose three-month-old son was put on the Child Protection Register when neither parent could explain how the child broke ...

The #ValueOurLove campaign is calling on Rachel Reeves to step up and ensure kinship carers receive the support they need to ...

According to Stuart Clark and Emma Chowdhury, of the International Family Law Group, the English Family Courts strongly encourage any financial order made upon divorce or civil partnership dissolution ...

On 14 January 2014 the President issued a draft Revised Bundles Practice Direction for discussion and comment ([2014] Fam Law 226). Following further amendments we now have the new Practice Direction.

David Cameron has announced Conservative Party plans to reform Sure Start programme hinting services will be restricted to the less wealthy. They will be similar to Academy schools in that they will ...

This article considers the challenges facing those who seek a direction under s 38(6) Children Act 1989, so as to seek a further assessment, involving predominantly the child. There is a consideration ...

The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission has announced that Noel Shanahan has been appointed as Commissioner and Chief Executive to replace Stephen Geraghty. Mr Geraghty is leaving after six ...

Christie O’Connell, Barrister at 1 Hare Court and Emma Dewhurst, Senior Associate at Hall Brown, highlight the public policy considerations in the recent case of Re Z (Foreign Surrogacy) [2024] EWFC ...

The aim of this article is to provide practitioners with a practical guide on how to approach family businesses within financial remedy proceedings and what can be achieved with the aid of expert ...