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Strict criteria for non-molestation orders
A family court judge has issued a reminder about the basic principles of non-molestation orders, following a surge in applications.
04 April 2023
NLJ this week: Five decades of family law reviewed
Family law specialist, solicitor-advocate and commentator David Burrows looks back at his 50 years in family law, in this week’s NLJ. What’s changed? And how does the reality of some of those changes differ from what was originally envisaged? What could be improved?
31 March 2023
NLJ this week: Changes to the rules for protected beneficiaries
Court of Protection and trust lawyers who assist in personal injury and clinical negligence cases will be impacted by proposed amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules. 
31 March 2023
50 years in family law Premium Content
In a very special article, David Burrows marks half a century at the coalface: has anything changed for the better?
31 March 2023 / David Burrows
*Partner copy* Hair drug testing vs nail drug testing (AlphaBiolabs)
Ashley Hodgkinson, Sample Collections Manager at AlphaBiolabs, discusses hair drug testing and nail drug testing, together with the benefits of each test
31 March 2023 / Ashley Hodgkinson
Broken promises to marry: left at the alter Premium Content
For better or worse? Mark Pawlowski looks back on the options available to those on the end of a broken promise to marry
31 March 2023 / Mark Pawlowski
Could mandatory mediation clear the backlog?
Family lawyers have queried the value of compulsory mediation, following government proposals to make it a prerequisite to the family courts.
29 March 2023
LNB NEWS: HMCTS guidance on sharing online financial remedy proceedings
HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has issued a release note with guidance on sharing draft cases for financial remedy cases proceeding by electronic means via MyHMCTS. 
28 March 2023
LNB NEWS: MoJ issues consultation on compulsory mediation
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has issued a consultation on resolving private family disputes earlier through family mediation, with the exception of cases involving domestic abuse or child protection concerns. 
24 March 2023
LNB news: MoJ announces domestic killers to receive tougher sentences
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced that domestic abusers, who kill their partners or ex-partners, will receive tougher sentences under government plans published on 17 March 2023
20 March 2023
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Law reform ahead
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
Online safety against serious harm
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
Bullying & harassment at the Bar
The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found
The Sentencing Bill: Crime & punishment revisited
Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release
Changing faces
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
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