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Charlotte Coyle sets out what modern families & practitioners need to know after Cator v Thynn

A landmark ruling has reshaped child clinical negligence claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Jodi Newton, head of birth and paediatric negligence at Osbornes Law, explains how the Supreme Court in CCC v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2026] UKSC 5 has overturned Croke v Wiseman, ending the long-standing bar on children recovering ‘lost years’ earnings

The Supreme Court has transformed the law for child personal injury claimants: Jodi Newton sets out the implications for practitioners

The presumption of parental involvement is to be abolished, the Lord Chancellor David Lammy has confirmed

Lawyers have until 26 May to share their views on the best way to protect children from harm online

A £500 donation from AlphaBiolabs has been made to the leading UK charity tackling international parental child abduction and the movement of children across international borders

The government has pledged to ‘move fast’ to protect children from harm caused by artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, and could impose limits on social media as early as the summer

Victoria Rylatt & Robyn Laye report on recent issues that have arisen in fact-finding hearings

Fact-finding hearings remain a fault line in private family law. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Rylatt and Robyn Laye of Anthony Gold Solicitors analyse recent appeals exposing the dangers of rushed or fragmented findings

Australia’s under-16 social media ban is ‘a blunt tool that won’t drive the change we all want’, according to a UK legal expert in online safety

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Constantine Law—Anita Vadgama

New senior partner hire at consultant-led employment / regulatory law firm

Ward Hadaway—Emma Swann & Jill Donabie

Firm adds two partners to growing education practice

mfg Solicitors—Lauren Collins, Emily Stancer & Sara Southall

Trio of newly qualified solicitors strengthens Worcester office law firm

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Charities Appeals Supplement: June 2026

NLJ's latest Charities Appeals Supplement has been published in this week’s issue

Treasury insists shift in AML supervision will be smooth

The treasury has sought to reassure the legal profession over concerns about cost, bureaucracy and independence when the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) takes over regulation of anti-money laundering compliance

Clients putting pressure on ethics at the Bar

One out of two barristers has come under pressure from clients to act unethically, according to the results of this year’s Barristers’ Working Lives survey

Bitter medicine for pharma giants

The Court of Appeal has held the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) was wrong to set aside a Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) decision on unfair pricing of phenytoin, an epilepsy drug

Six-month employee rights roll out

A flagship employment law reform is due to come into effect on 1 July, extending unfair dismissal rights to employees after six months in their job instead of two years

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Child law

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Constantine Law—Anita Vadgama

Ward Hadaway—Emma Swann & Jill Donabie

mfg Solicitors—Lauren Collins, Emily Stancer & Sara Southall