Validity of a post-nuptial agreement
Family lawyers have backed calls by the Court of Appeal for a change in divorce laws following its judgment last week in Charman v Charman.
The Human Rights Act 1998 did not give rise to a duty of care to the parent of a child on the part of a local authority when exercising, through social workers, its duty to protect children from abuse, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
To mark the Family Court Reports’ birthday, Jonathan Herring reviews family law cases from the past 20 years
Divorcing couples are no longer protected from their spouse’s creditors after they split, following a landmark High Court decision.
Extramarital affairs are up, prompting a huge rise in the use of private investigators by divorcing couples to confirm fears that their other half was cheating on them, family lawyers report.
Natallie Evans’s legal bid to have a child using embryos which were frozen before she was made infertile by cancer treatment has been knocked back by the Grand Chamber of the European Court.
Appeal court judges have delivered a stinging rebuke of a series of administrative and judicial errors in the child custody case Hammerton v Hammerton, where the father was sent to prison for three months.
John Mitchell compares recent developments in guardianship orders with the current rules on adoption
Parents should not be criminalised for having fat children, says Tracey Elliott
From first-generation student to trailblazing president of the London Solicitors Litigation Association, John McElroy of Fieldfisher reflects on resilience, identity and the power of bringing your whole self to the law
Planning and environment team expands with partner hire in Manchester
Firm appoints chief operating officer to strengthen leadership team