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Separating families: a call for action Premium Content
Separation matters: Caroline Bowden calls for a multi-disciplinary, government backed shift in ethos
28 January 2021 / Caroline Bowden
Family fortunes revisited: 2021 Premium Content
David Burrows calls for clarity and fairness for families and practitioners and highlights some priorities for the year ahead
21 January 2021 / David Burrows
NLJ this week: Family priorities
Lack of clarity and insufficient legal aid provision aside, what areas of family law need reform most?
21 January 2021
NLJ this week: Uncertainty on surrogacy
Surrogacy laws in the UK are currently being reviewed by Law Commissioners―and the time is right for reform, Owen Igiehon writes in NLJ 
18 January 2021
Should the UK law on surrogacy be reformed?
Owen Igiehon considers the practice and scale of surrogacy in the UK and welcomes proposals for reform
18 January 2021 / Owen Igiehon
No to out of hours family hearings
The senior family judge has issued a warning to judges not to hold hearings out of normal 10am-4.30pm working hours despite pressure to deal with cases quickly
13 January 2021
Family told: make it quick
The senior family judge has issued a warning to judges not to hold hearings out of normal 10am-4.30pm working hours despite pressure to deal with cases quickly
11 January 2021
LNB news: Letter published on government response to domestic violence amid coronavirus (COVID-19)
The Home Secretary, Priti Patel, has written a response to the Domestic Abuse Commission and Victims Commissioner regarding support for victims of domestic abuse in light of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown.
08 January 2021
LNB news: Brexit amendments made to FPR 2010 Practice Directions
Details of amendments to various Family Procedure Rules 2010 Practice Directions consequential to Brexit have been issued
08 January 2021
Research finds women’s income likely to fall by almost twice men’s post-divorce
The financial services company Legal & General has found that women are likely to have their household incomes fall by a third (33%), almost twice the decrease likely to be faced by men (18%)
05 January 2021
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Court delays weigh heavily on children
Chronic delays, duplication of work, cancelled hearings and inefficiencies in the family law courts are letting children and victims of domestic abuse down, a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) inquiry has found
NLJ this week: Redrawing boundaries for fiduciary duties and motor finance claims
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
NLJ this week: BBC’s open justice bid fails in care proceedings
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
NLJ this week: Parliamentary privilege—shield or sword?
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
NLJ this week: Litigation funding must serve justice, not failure
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
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