Child focused courts delivering a near 50% reduction in case timeliness
Child Focused Courts are seeing reductions of nearly 50% in the timeliness of cases moving from application receipt to final order according to the latest data from the Ministry of Justice. Formerly Pathfinder courts, Child Focused Courts were rebranded when then Deputy prime minister and justice secretary David Lammy confirmed the national rollout in March […]
SRA reports ‘continued improvement’ on AML measures
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) says the number of firms found to be non-compliant over anti-money laundering (AML) fell almost 10% this year. The independent regulatory body for solicitors found 78% of firms were either compliant or partially compliant, with the proportion of non-compliant firms falling from 32.4% last year to 21.9% this year. Of […]
Mothers win landmark Court of Appeal fight over child maintenance against former Premier League footballer
Two mothers won a landmark Court of Appeal judgment against former Premier League footballer Wes Morgan over child maintenance arrears. In the recent judgment of Antoniou and another -v- Morgan, two mothers, who each have a child with Morgan, are appealing for unpaid maintenance arrears of around £137,000 each from the former Leicester City […]
Latest judgments from the Family Court
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Family Court decisions published in the weeks commencing 13th October to the 29th October. If you’d like to share commentary on any of the cases shared here, email press@todaysfamilylawyer.co.uk. QR v ST [2026] EWFC 300 (B) (14 October 2026): Private law children proceedings. Fact-finding hearing concerning allegations of abuse against the mother and parental […]
SME and high street lawyers alliance turns its attentions to client account proposals
Over 150 signatories have lent their support to calls for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to review its thinking on plans to remit a proportion of the interest earned on lawyers’ client accounts in England and Wales to the government to invest in wider access to justice, including legal aid. Fresh from their campaign to […]
Santa’s sleigh ride: Ten stops in international family law
The latest Today’s Family Lawyer podcast offers a light-hearted distraction from the day-to-day grind of life in family law with a trip on Santa’s sleigh to he upcoming Festive Family Law Conference, hosted at The Grand Hotel in Eastbourne on the 3rd and 4th of December. The brainchild of barrister Gemma Lindfield, ably assisted by […]