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Reporting from the family courts
Family courts in Cardiff, Leeds and Carlisle will open to reporters from this week under measures to increase transparency in the justice system.
01 February 2023
*Partner copy* PEth blood alcohol testing: your questions answered
Marie Law, Head of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, answers some of the most common questions about PEth blood alcohol testing.
27 January 2023 / Marie Law
MPs encouraged to attend court
Family judges will invite local MPs to attend court, the government has said in its response to the Justice Committee report, ‘Open justice: court reporting in the digital age’.
25 January 2023
LNB NEWS: HMCTS videos on how to apply online for contested financial remedies from 31 January 2023
HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has published YouTube videos explaining how to submit online applications for contested financial remedies. 
20 January 2023
LNB NEWS: Government responds to Committee report on court reporting in digital age
The government has responded to the Justice Committee’s report titled ‘Open justice: court reporting in the digital age’. 
18 January 2023
Holiday abductions: far from home (Pt 3) Premium Content
In the third part of his series on the Hague Convention, Mani Singh Basi offers advice on efficient timetabling & evidence of habitual residence
13 January 2023 / Mani Singh Basi
LNB NEWS: MoJ to launch review into civil legal aid market
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced that the government will be undertaking a review looking into ways to better the civil legal aid market through improving the sustainability of the legal aid system for people facing civil and family legal issues. 
06 January 2023
LNB NEWS: Changes to the operation of the London Financial Remedies Court
His Honour Judge Hess has issued a message for users of the London Financial Remedies Court (FRC) regarding operational changes that take effect in January 2023.
04 January 2023
How to approach fact-finding hearings (Pt 2) Premium Content
Sarah Hughes & Victoria Rylatt examine the issues raised by intimate images, publication & disclosure
09 December 2022 / Victoria Rylatt (formerly Brown) / Sarah Hughes
LNB NEWS: HMCTS issues guides for local authorities on family public law order applications
HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has issued service guides for local authorities or their solicitors using MyHMCTS to make a family public law order application. 
02 December 2022
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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
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
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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