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If the new Labour Lord Chancellor could make three changes to family law procedure, what should they be?

Family law procedure from the genie’s bottle. In the first of two articles, David Burrows calls for change
The Suspected Inflicted Head Injury Service could be in breach of Art 6 & 8 rights, argues Max Konarek

Family lawyers have raised concerns about the suspected inflicted head injury service (SIHIS), currently being piloted at NHS trusts in Birmingham, Manchester & Sheffield

How is the law serving single parents & their children? David Burrows considers a half-century of reforms

It’s 50 years since the 1974 Finer Report of the Committee on One-Parent Families, so what has been achieved?

Jane Chanot warns of the dangers of unexplored assumptions in contact cases

‘Parental alienation’ is a term familiar to all professionals involved in child contact cases―but is it being too quickly applied or used as a default position? Could it mask possible welfare issues?

Extra safeguards could be introduced to protect children and vulnerable people from being strip searched by the police

False denials & families in peril: Sarah Hughes & Victoria Rylatt report on recent caselaw where fact finding hearings have uncovered significant issues
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Anthony Collins—William Hallett & Lorna Scully

Anthony Collins—William Hallett & Lorna Scully

Anthony Collins hires two talented legal directors

Switalskis—five appointments

Switalskis—five appointments

Firm expands national abuse compensation team

Mathys & Squire—nine promotions

Mathys & Squire—nine promotions

IP firm announces new partners and senior promotions across UK offices

NEWS
Executors may be overlooking billions of pounds in estate assets hidden in forgotten investments and misplaced share certificates
Britain’s booming non-surgical cosmetics market is operating in what some critics describe as a regulatory ‘Wild West’
Family contact disputes are becoming an increasingly prominent feature of Court of Protection litigation
Material obtained through US discovery applications may have a much longer legal life than many litigants realise
English courts are developing a distinctly practical approach to sanctions disputes arising from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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