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A coherent recovery plan is required to address the rising backlog of family cases, including an ‘unprecedented level of children law applications’ and a sharp increase in domestic abuse injunctions, a family lawyer writes for NLJ.

Family lawyers organisation Resolution has launched a jumbo training package to ease its members through lockdown

Remote hearings, video hearings or no hearing at all? Sheena Cassidy Hope considers how the family courts might evolve

Fact-finding hearings in private children proceedings: an overview, by Kim Beatson & Victoria Brown

A Scottish divorce case in the Supreme Court could have ramifications for separating couples south of the border

Three decades of campaigning for no-fault divorce came to fruition last week after the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill cleared its final parliamentary hurdles

Three decades of campaigning for no-fault divorce came to fruition this week as the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill cleared its final parliamentary stages

A sibling’s Art 8 right to family life is not breached by denial of ‘relevant person’ status in public law cases where their younger brother or sister is in local authority care, the Supreme Court has held

The Family Online Mediation and Arbitration Service (FOMAS)

Family lawyers were keeping a watchful eye on events in Westminster this week as the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill reached its final stages

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42BR Barristers—4 Brick Court

42BR Barristers to be joined by leading family law set, 4 Brick Court, this summer

Winckworth Sherwood—Rubianka Winspear

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Gateley Legal—Daniel Walsh

Firm bolsters real estate team with partner hire in Birmingham

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NLJ this week: Rent reforms unleash tribunal turmoil

A wave of housing and procedural reforms is set to test the limits of tribunal capacity. In his latest Civil Way column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold charts sweeping change as the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 begins biting

NLJ this week: Jury cuts won’t cure court crisis

Plans to reduce jury trials risk missing the real problem in the criminal justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, David Wolchover of Ridgeway Chambers argues the crown court backlog is fuelled not by juries but weak cases slipping through a flawed ‘50%’ prosecution test

NLJ this week: Brain data could rewrite family justice

Emerging technologies may soon transform how courts determine truth in deeply personal disputes. In this week's NLJ, Madhavi Kabra of 1 Hare Court and Harry Lambert of Outer Temple Chambers explore how neurotechnology could reshape family law

NLJ this week: Offensive speech still protected, court rules

A controversial protest case has reignited debate over the limits of free expression. In NLJ this week, Nicholas Dobson examines a Quran-burning incident testing public order law

NLJ this week: Arbitration appeals face hard stop

The courts have drawn a firm line under attempts to extend arbitration appeals. Writing in NLJ this week, Masood Ahmed of the University of Leicester highlights that if the High Court refuses permission under s 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996, that is the end

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Family

MOVERS & SHAKERS

42BR Barristers—4 Brick Court

Winckworth Sherwood—Rubianka Winspear

Gateley Legal—Daniel Walsh