The government has announced plans to repeal the presumption of parental involvement from the Children Act 1989, marking a ...

The number of children missing more than half of school hit a record high this spring, new Department for Education figures ...

Under the proposed legislation, courts will be expected to suspend most custodial sentences of under 12 months, a measure ...

The chair of the Education Committee has called on the government to rule out reducing Universal Credit (UC) for care leavers ...

In this article, James Dove examines how the Supreme Court’s decision in Abbasi v Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Haastrup v King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2025] ...

Family law practitioners are often accused of having desert island syndrome, failing to consider the wider context of the law and seeking “special treatment” for family law cases. More broadly, judges ...

A recent decision of the Supreme Court, in the case of Waller-Edwards v One Savings Bank Plc, has broadened the circumstances in which lender banks must take steps to protect potential victims of ...

Professionals who work with families going through private law children proceedings, whether lawyers, social workers or family advisers, should be familiar with section 7 reports and their centrality ...

The Children’s Commissioner for England has called on the government to strengthen the Crime and Policing Bill to ensure children are properly protected from criminal exploitation.

With care proceedings delays reaching critical levels and over 47,000 cases backlogged, the DFJ Trailblazer pilot marked a pivotal moment in national family justice reform. This article examines how ...

This article argues for the introduction of a statutory definition of honour-based abuse to better support victims and guide legal professionals. Currently, victims of honour-based abuse are prevented ...

This article considers the Law Commission’s recent proposals for modernisation of the law governing wills. The author highlights those of the Commission’s recommendations which will likely be of ...