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The family court transparency pilot has been extended to private law cases in a further 16 courts, allowing accredited media and legal bloggers to report on what they see and hear, subject to strict rules on anonymity

From pronouns to ‘legalease’—the legal world needs to adapt, argues Jasmine Galvin

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?

Lucy McCaughan, winner of 4PB's inaugural Alan Inglis essay competition, puts the case for the expansion of legal parenthood beyond the current dyadic model

4PB chambers has announced the winner of its inaugural Alan Inglis Memorial Essay Prize

Lecture saving tip; At a Glance goes turquoise; Tribunal reasoning; Knotweed at Supreme Court

Pensions on divorce, the latest in judicial jobs, and limit changes for debt relief orders, are all in the mix in this week’s ‘Civil way’

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

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Gilson Gray—Paul Madden

Partner appointed to head international insolvency and dispute resolution for England

Brachers—Gill Turner Tucker

Kent firm expands regional footprint through strategic acquisition

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—William Charles

Financial disputes and investigations specialist joins as partner in London

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Client account interest money-maker provokes concerns

Ministers’ proposals to raise funds by seizing interest on lawyers’ client account schemes could ‘cause firms to close’, solicitors have warned

NLJ this week: When silence speaks volumes

Is a suspect’s state of mind a ‘fact’ capable of triggering adverse inferences? Writing in NLJ this week, Andrew Smith of Corker Binning examines how R v Leslie reshapes the debate

Public Accounts Committee warn of ‘extinction’ risk for legal aid

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned

NLJ this week: The insider returns

Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome

NLJ this week: Drawing the line on contempt

After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights

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Family

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gilson Gray—Paul Madden

Brachers—Gill Turner Tucker

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—William Charles