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Step-parents in 2019: family but legal strangers? Premium Content

Step-parents are fast becoming the new norm but have limited rights, regardless of their responsibilities, as Sarah Hughes explains

06 June 2019 / Sarah Hughes
Cracking financial assets on divorce Premium Content

Cryptocurrencies have added an additional layer of complexity to the division of matrimonial assets, say George Williamson & Katie Alexiou

06 June 2019 / George Williamson / Katie Alexiou
Family Law Awards 2019: entry deadline extended
Due to popular demand and school holidays, the deadline for entries for the Family Law Awards 2019 has been extended to midnight on Friday 14 June
05 June 2019
Step-parents left behind
Step-families are on the rise in the UK, but the law has not kept pace, a family lawyer writes in this week’s NLJ
05 June 2019
Children at risk
Family lawyers have called on Justice Secretary David Gauke to set up an independent inquiry into domestic abuse cases in the family court, instead of the three-month departmental review announced last week.
29 May 2019
President issues guidance on Special Guardians
Potential special guardians for children submitted at a late stage in proceedings ‘must be realistic and not merely a trawl through all possible options’, the President of the Family Division has said.
28 May 2019
Family courts to undergo transparency review
15 May 2019
Family Division president pays tribute to Children Act
15 May 2019
Victims protected as fully video court hearings begin
10 May 2019
Till divorce do us part Premium Content

Clamour for divorce reform should be seen alongside the less well-publicised unfairness caused by outdated marriage laws, says David Burrows

09 May 2019 / David Burrows
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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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