Family

Kim Beatson & Victoria Brown analyse recent relocation cases & lay out some practical advice

Fact-finding hearings in the family courts need to undergo a ‘cultural shift’, a working group set up by the president of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has said.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed that a ‘raft of new amendments’ to the Domestic Abuse Bill 2020 will be presented in Parliament in the week commencing 1 March 2021

On the website SurveyMonkey, President of the Family Division's Public Law Working Group has announced a free Zoom event aimed primarily at ‘professionals and practitioners working in the English and Welsh family justice systems, from family judges, local authority children's services and legal teams and Cafcass staff to barristers’

Nuptial agreements were on the agenda in a webinar and Q&A session which took place last week, chaired by Anthony Gold partner and head of family law Kim Beatson.

A deadline of summer 2021 has been set for publication of the final copy of the Family Division’s Transparency Review on media access and reporting in the Family Court, which was launched in May 2019.

Separation matters: Caroline Bowden calls for a multi-disciplinary, government backed shift in ethos

David Burrows calls for clarity and fairness for families and practitioners and highlights some priorities for the year ahead

Lack of clarity and insufficient legal aid provision aside, what areas of family law need reform most?

Surrogacy laws in the UK are currently being reviewed by Law Commissioners―and the time is right for reform, Owen Igiehon writes in NLJ