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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

An adoption case involving six children between the ages of three and seventeen cannot go ahead remotely because the father did not feel competent at using technology, the Court of Appeal has held

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

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NLJ this week: Beyond AI hallucinations

The legal profession's AI challenge extends far beyond fabricated case citations, according to a warning about the next phase of technological risk

NLJ this week: AML supervision shake-up

Law firms should use the transition period before the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) assumes anti-money laundering (AML) supervision to strengthen governance and compliance, experts have warned

NLJ this week: Options for global evidence gathering

Cross-border disputes increasingly demand creative approaches to gathering evidence, with litigators needing to look beyond traditional letters of request

NLJ this week: Indefinite or forever?

A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified the distinction between contracts of 'indefinite' and 'perpetual' duration, with potentially significant implications for commercial drafting

NLJ this week: Proscription appeal upheld

The Court of Appeal was entitled to uphold the government's decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, according to an analysis of the ruling

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mfg Solicitors—Hayley Pearce & Lauren Williams

Womble Bond Dickinson—Richard Sharpe

Brabners—six promotions