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Should children be asked to give evidence in family proceedings? David Burrows investigates

Dorothea Gartland analyses the concept of significant harm

David Burrows asks, is the tribunal system human rights compliant?

Ruth Cabeza considers the changing landscape for international adoptions

The head of the independent safeguarding authority is to clarify proposals announced last week for a vetting system for those working with children.

Louise Spitz ponders the role of family law in winning voters’ hearts & minds

Cafcass is in trouble. There has been a dramatic increase in public law child work post Baby P and private law business is getting less of a look in

Charlotte Jeffery reports on the important role of CAFCASS officers in final judgments

Mark Jarman assesses the impact of the Hague Convention & BIIR on public law proceedings

Robert Weir on how common sense prevailed after a playground incident

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Kadie Bennett, Anthony Collins

NLJ Career Profile: Kadie Bennett, Anthony Collins

Kadie Bennett, senior associate at Anthony Collins and chair of the Resolution West Midlands Group, discusses her long-standing passion for family law and calls for unity in the profession

Osborne Clarke—Lara Burch

Osborne Clarke—Lara Burch

Firm appoints new UK senior partner for 2026

Keoghs—Louise Jackson & Katie Everson

Keoghs—Louise Jackson & Katie Everson

Healthcare and sports legal team expands in the north west

NEWS
Lawyers and users of the business and property courts are invited to share their views on disclosure, in particular the operation of PD 57AD and the use of Technology Assisted Review (TAR) and artificial intelligence (AI)
Social media giants should face tortious liability for the psychological harms their platforms inflict, argues Harry Lambert of Outer Temple Chambers in this week’s NLJ
Ian Gascoigne of LexisNexis dissects the uneasy balance between open justice and confidentiality in England’s civil courts, in this week's NLJ. From public hearings to super-injunctions, he identifies five tiers of privacy—from fully open proceedings to entirely secret ones—showing how a patchwork of exceptions has evolved without clear design
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024—once heralded as a breakthrough—has instead plunged leaseholders into confusion, warns Shabnam Ali-Khan of Russell-Cooke in this week’s NLJ
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has now confirmed that offering a disabled employee a trial period in an alternative role can itself be a 'reasonable adjustment' under the Equality Act 2010: in this week's NLJ, Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve analyses the evolving case law
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