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Family procedure changes; expensive company; constructing a strike-out.

AlphaBiolabs has donated £500 to The Christie Charity through its Giving Back initiative, helping to support cancer care, treatment and research across Greater Manchester, Cheshire and further afield

Pension provision should be considered during all divorce proceedings in order to repair gender inequality, the Pension Policy Institute (PPI) charity and workplace pensions provider now:pensions have said

The practice guidance on non-molestation orders has been updated and replaced, and guidance issued on protective injunctions

“The Handbook is an indispensable guide for all financial remedy practitioners working at all levels”

Family legal aid barristers are so overworked and underpaid that many would leave the sector ‘in a heartbeat’, according to a Bar Council report

Rachel Davenport, Co-founder and Director at AlphaBiolabs, reflects on how the company’s Giving Back ethos continues to make a difference to communities across the UK.

Cryptocurrency is reshaping financial remedy cases, warns Robert Webster of Maguire Family Law in NLJ this week. Digital assets—concealable, volatile and hard to trace—are fuelling suspicions of hidden wealth, yet Form E still lacks a section for crypto-disclosure

Cryptocurrency is changing the face of divorce finances, says Robert Webster

Judges have had to work in ‘an increasingly challenging landscape’ in the past year, facing ‘inaccurate and unfair criticism, sometimes personal, with associated security threats’, the Lady Chief Justice has said

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Harper James—Lottie Hugo

Commercial law firm announces appointment of corporate partner

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Partner joins corporate and finance practice in British Virgin Islands

Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

Firm strengthens children department with adoption and surrogacy expert

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Class action overhaul?

The government is considering wholesale reform of consumer class actions—the ‘opt-out’ collective claims certified by the Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT)

Fallout escalates from collapsed firm

A ‘sophisticated suspected fraud’ may have taken place at PM Law involving the improper removal and misuse of about £39.5m of client funds, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has confirmed

Technology push to assist in capture of fraudsters & fakers

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) will invest in technology to catch tech-reliant fraudsters and handle voluminous case materials

Business healthy for legal services

Law firms enjoyed rapid, sector-wide growth in 2025, according to the Law Society’s latest annual Financial Benchmarking Survey

Legal Services Board sets out plans for year

The Legal Services Board (LSB) aims to reduce burdens on well-performing regulators and will pursue an intelligence-led, risk-based and targeted approach to oversight, its business plan for 2026–27, published this week, reveals

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Family

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Harper James—Lottie Hugo

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell