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Imogen Mellor examines why the Court of Protection has resisted extending person-specific capacity assessments to marriage

The Court of Protection has reaffirmed that capacity to marry remains a status-based question rather than one focused on a particular spouse

Megan Freeman & Catherine Doherty Montanaro explore the paradox at the heart of cohabitation law

Robert Webster looks at how AI is reshaping family law advice & client expectations

The law offers cohabiting couples surprisingly greater protection after one partner dies than when they separate during life

Save the Children UK is the latest charity to benefit from a £500 donation from AlphaBiolabs via the company’s Giving Back initiative

David Burrows examines financial provision costs rules & vires of the rule makers

Mário Barroso, Head of R&D and Method Development at AlphaBiolabs, examines the forensic science underpinning hair drug testing and why it remains the gold standard for evidencing patterns of drug use in family proceedings

Public family law cases are taking two weeks less to complete than they did last year, according to the family court statistics quarterly: January to March 2026, published last week

Family contact disputes are becoming an increasingly prominent feature of Court of Protection litigation

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Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise

Twenty Essex—Thomas Hibbs, Jack Hollingworth & Sam Pearce

Three new tenants join Twenty Essex

DAC Beachcroft—Kirstie Pike & Simy Khanna

DAC Beachcroft further builds national Professional Liability practice, hiring two partners in Bristol

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Children have a say in Hague Convention cases, rules Supreme Court

A child’s views can be taken into account during international child abduction proceedings, the Supreme Court has held

Compliance headache for smaller firms

Small and medium-sized law firms have urged regulators to pause plans to exclude owner-managers from compliance officer roles

Employers & workers in limbo as backlog mounts

Lawyers have raised the alarm on employment tribunal delays and backlogs, with some cases facing a three-year wait for a hearing

MPs put an end to assisted dying Bill

The controversial assisted dying Bill has drawn to a halt after MPs defeated it by 286 votes to 270

Urgent action needed on artificial intelligence risks

MPs have called for legislation to protect against the human rights risks of artificial intelligence (AI)

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Family

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Twenty Essex—Thomas Hibbs, Jack Hollingworth & Sam Pearce

DAC Beachcroft—Kirstie Pike & Simy Khanna