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Calls to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 have been renewed, with the Bar Council arguing the current threshold criminalises children too early and risks pushing them towards lifelong offending

Save the Children UK is the latest charity to benefit from a £500 donation from AlphaBiolabs via the company’s Giving Back initiative

Involving children as young as ten years old in the criminal justice system is ineffective, punishes disadvantage and acts as a catalyst to increase the likelihood of future offending, barristers have warned

Public family law cases are taking two weeks less to complete than they did last year, according to the family court statistics quarterly: January to March 2026, published last week

Courts in England and Wales and Singapore are increasingly confronting complex disputes over international child relocation as families become more globally mobile

Linda Ong & Lola Ajayi consider the relocation of children between the two jurisdictions, setting out key practice points, legal approach & caselaw

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Australian-style ban on social media for under-16s will be difficult to enforce, lawyers have warned

Global mobility is transforming family law, creating new challenges around jurisdiction, assets and child arrangements

Rachel Fisher explores how globalisation is reshaping family law

Five years after the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 came into force, concerns remain that the family courts continue to minimise allegations of abuse in child contact disputes

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Slater Heelis—Probate & Court of Protection team

Slater Heelis brings Probate and Court of Protection expertise together with new dedicated team

Clarke Willmott—Antonia Power

Antonia Power joins Clarke Willmott in Taunton

Haynes Boone—Chris Acton

Chris Acton joins Haynes Boone as chair of UK derivatives platform

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NLJ this week: Practice pointers

Civil practitioners face changes spanning debt recovery, workplace harassment and possession claims, alongside guidance on insolvency challenges and children proceedings

NLJ this week: Follow the assets

Finding matrimonial wealth is as challenging as dividing it, as family disputes draw practitioners into asset tracing, offshore structures and insolvency

NLJ this week: Budget blowback

Agreement between opponents offers no guarantee that a court will approve a retrospective increase to a costs budget

NLJ this week: Climate counsel

Climate change belongs on every lawyer’s agenda, with risks extending far beyond environmental practice into commercial advice, litigation and access to justice

NLJ this week: Beyond HR

Workplace bullying and harassment can no longer be left solely to HR, as financial regulation scrutinises culture, character and fitness

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Child law

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Slater Heelis—Probate & Court of Protection team

Clarke Willmott—Antonia Power

Haynes Boone—Chris Acton