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The time has come to consider the plight of the increasing numbers of people who are outside the pale of UK marriage laws, says David Burrows

Family lawyers have welcomed a two-year extension for frozen eggs, sperm and embryos stored in fertility clinics

Barristers, solicitors, court staff, judiciary, and all those others who support court users have been praised for working ‘around the clock to explore and deliver extraordinary changes at great pace’

Alexandra Baggallay considers the law & options available for separated parents during COVID-19

Graeme Fraser stresses the importance of reducing conflict over child arrangements during the lockdown

Entries are now open for the 10th annual LexisNexis Family Law Awards

Family lawyers and judges are urged to take part in a two-week rapid consultation on the use of remote hearings in the family justice system. It ends on 28 April.

Dr Michael Arnheim reflects on the need for principled but flexible divorce reform

Domestic abuse victims are particularly vulnerable and will need more protection than ever during the COVID-19 lockdown, the Law Society has warned

Vital guidance has been issued for members of the public applying for a domestic abuse injunction

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Druces LLP—Daniel Lloyd

Corporate and commercial team welcomes technology specialist as partner

Birketts—Michael Conway

IP partner joins team in Bristol to lead branding and trade marks practice

Spector Constant & Williams—Anna Christou

Real estate finance practice announces partner appointment

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Flaws found in fixed costs regime

The extension of fixed recoverable costs (FRC) from low-value personal injury to most civil cases worth up to £100,000 ‘is failing to deliver what it promised’, the Law Society has warned

Brimelow sets out Bar priorities for 2026

Bar campaigns will focus on protecting juries, legal aid and children’s rights in the year ahead with a working group already looking into the age of criminal responsibility, chair Kirsty Brimelow KC has said

CEO appointed at legal super-regulator

Richard Orpin has been appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of the Legal Services Board (LSB), which oversees all nine legal regulators

Parental leave rights given effect

Workers will be given day-one rights to parental leave in April, the government has confirmed

Appointments at the Supreme Court

Lord Sales has become deputy president, and Lord Doherty a justice, at the Supreme Court. Both were sworn in this week at a ceremony conducted by the court’s president Lord Reed in Courtroom One

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Family

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Druces LLP—Daniel Lloyd

Birketts—Michael Conway

Spector Constant & Williams—Anna Christou