AlphaBiolabs’ NIPP testing represents the gold standard in prenatal paternity testing, analysing up to 153 DNA markers for ...

The LexisNexis Legal Awards 2025 shortlist has been released, celebrating the exceptional talent and achievements within the entire legal community. This prestigious event will once again bring ...

Over 30 kinship carers have marched and chanted their way through Westminster to the Treasury to call on the Chancellor Rachel Reeves to provide a financial allowance for all kinship carers. Kinship ...

The Children’s Commissioner has submitted written evidence to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee. This evidence builds on oral evidence provided by the Children’s Commissioner on 21 ...

Christie O’Connell, Barrister at 1 Hare Court and Emma Dewhurst, Senior Associate at Hall Brown, highlight the public policy considerations in the recent case of Re Z (Foreign Surrogacy) [2024] EWFC ...

Can you give away an interest in land in the course of a discussion? In Ely v Robson [2016] EWCA Civ 774, Ms Robson argued that you could not: an oral agreement would not be compliant with s 2 (1) Law ...

Those in practice before the introduction of the Children Act 1989, of which this author is not one, will recall the relative prevalence of the wardship jurisdiction, now relegated to an ‘ancient ...

The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) is running a pilot scheme to bring an end to separated parents poisoning their child against the other parent. Parents who are ...

This article examines the challenges within the law of spousal maintenance in English family law highlighting the unpredictability and inconsistency of the discretionary framework under s 25 of the ...

Casey Randall, Head of Genetics at AlphaBiolabs, explores what makes AlphaBiolabs the industry leader for court-admissible DNA testing. DNA testing plays a critical role in the legal sector, offering ...

In Wolverhampton City Council v JA & Ors [2017] EWFC 62 (judgment: 18 August 2017), Keehan J dealt with a care case which involved allegations of sexual abuse of two young girls. They were aged 13 (X) ...

This paper describes an innovative approach to assist the outcome of entrenched private law contact and residence disputes where dependent children are caught up in their parents' 'chronic' ...