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Holiday abductions: far from home (Pt 2) Premium Content
Mani Singh Basi examines the benefits & limitations of the Hague Convention in child abduction cases
30 September 2022 / Mani Singh Basi
Of magic circles & ‘financial remedies courts’ Premium Content
David Burrows reflects on the state of family law & considers the chances of alignment of the Family Procedure Rules 2010 with the Civil Procedure Rules 1998
23 September 2022 / David Burrows
Cast your vote now for the Family Law Awards
The shortlist for the annual LexisNexis Family Law Awards is out—and your vote is required.
21 September 2022
Domestic abuse & the family courts (Pt 2) Premium Content
Is there any hope on the horizon for much needed reform to the treatment of domestic abuse cases? Cris McCurley reports
02 September 2022 / Cris McCurley
NLJ this week: What became of the ‘harm report’ recommendations?
A 2020 report raised hopes that much-needed change was coming to the treatment of domestic abuse cases in the family courts, but what has happened since? 
02 September 2022
Child cruelty sentences raised
Tougher sentences for child cruelty could be introduced, along with a higher culpability threshold for the most serious cases, under draft guidelines from the Sentencing Council
12 August 2022
Risks of cohabiting

The House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee has highlighted the risks faced by cohabitants on relationship breakdown or the death of a partner, in a report last week, 'The rights of cohabiting partners'

12 August 2022
Delay, defamation & domestic abuse
A procedural morass in the making? David Burrows discusses the urgent need for clarity in domestic abuse proceedings
05 August 2022 / David Burrows
Donors: assessing parental responsibility
What rights do gamete donors have in relation to their biological children? Fiona Lyon reports on the latest from the courts
29 July 2022 / Fiona Lyon
NLJ this week: Gamete donors & parental responsibility
Anthony Gold partner Fiona Lyon examines a recent Family Court case on sperm donors, in this week’s NLJ
29 July 2022
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Browne Jacobson appoints Vicky Tomlinson as Head of Independent Health and Care

DWF—five appointments

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DWF further strengthens major injury and casualty offering with new partner and four directors from DAC Beachcroft

Switalskis—Laura Ornsby

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Switalskis strengthens Grimsby child care team

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NLJ this week: Auditors tighten the disclosure screws
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
NLJ this week: Telecoms tenants caught in a legal gap
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’
NLJ this week: Due process holds the line

Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application

NLJ this week: Credit law’s regulatory reset
Consumer credit law is heading for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 set to yield much of its detailed statutory machinery to FCA rules
NLJ this week: Employment law’s four-point check
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
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