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‘The Road Ahead’ set out for family courts

Adele Pullarp & Chris Bryden discuss the potential for improving the surrogacy process for both parents & surrogates—& advocate its modernisation

Stacey Nevin reports on the nuances of a successful appeal for ‘relationship generated disadvantage’

Judges suffering eyestrain, headaches and tiredness from hours in front of a screen is one ‘unanticipated’ disadvantage of the remote access family court, Sir Alistair MacDonald has revealed

Local authorities have the power to arrange routine vaccinations for healthy children in their care despite the parents’ opposition, the Court of Appeal has held

A sheikh, two wards & their mother: David Burrows analyses a case which pits freedom of expression against a respect for family life

A draft remedial order to make bereavement damages available to cohabiting couples of two years or more as well as parents, spouses and civil partners has been welcomed by the parliamentary Human Rights Committee

The Family Justice Council is looking for two new members―a justices’ clerk or assistant justices’ clerk and a paediatrician

Some private client hearings are more suited to remote justice than others, 5 Stone Buildings barristers Ruth Hughes and Eliza Eagling have explained in a LexisNexis interview this week

Judges must be ‘hard-headed’ when deciding which cases to prioritise for remote hearings and which can wait, the senior family judge has said

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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