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The lack of fairness in financial settlements means the Divorce, Dissolution & Separation Bill now going through Parliament misses the mark, says Dr Michael Arnheim

A judge should not have granted a decree nisi of nullity to a couple who had an Islamic wedding, a Nikah, because the marriage was not valid under English law in the first place

Family lawyers of the future may have to grapple with complex ethical questions concerning parental disputes where a child’s genetic makeup is manipulated at conception to produce socially desirable characteristics, a family judge has predicted

Tickets are now available for the International Family Law conference 2020, in London on 26 March

Family judges who hear cases involving serious sexual assault are to be given the same training as criminal judges, after a decision by Judge Tolson QC was found to be ‘so flawed as to require a retrial’

Lawyers have been given the green light to act for both parties when drafting consensual family court judgments

An exploration of the impact of intractable contact disputes & the remedies available to resolve them by Charlotte Purves & Dr Jo Stevenson

Lady Hale retires from the Supreme Court this month, leaving a trove of case law with ‘massive breadth’, writes family lawyer & NLJ columnist David Burrows in this week’s NLJ

David Burrows shares his reflections on some of the many outstanding cases & achievements of ‘Judge Brenda’*

The number of divorces per year has fallen below 10,000 for the first time since the 1970s, prompting family lawyers to renew calls for marriage reform.

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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