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Family law. Figure of parents with children and gavel on wooden table, space for text

Nuffield FJO calls for outcomes-based measures in family justice

19 March 2026

Cohabitation reform

Cohabitation reform ‘a matter of utmost importance’ ahead of spring consultation

19 March 2026

Rayman Collins

Court judgments reinforce the importance of financial disclosure on divorce

19 March 2026

Sir Geoffrey Vos

‘Property Act removes uncertainty over digital assets’ – Sir Geoffrey Vos

17 March 2026

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Family Solutions Group report calls for children to be at heart of provision

16 March 2026

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£1.6m loan was fabricated, court finds in Part III financial remedy proceedings

13 March 2026

New partners enhance specialist areas at three family law firms

13 March 2026

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Government launches digital ID consultation

13 March 2026

Houses of Parliament

Family lawyers react as government confirms Courts and Tribunal Bill will repeal presumption of parental involvement

12 March 2026

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Economic abuse ‘has role in more than half of domestic abuse deaths’

12 March 2026

Cryptocurrency and divorce

Family lawyers warn crypto assets are being concealed

12 March 2026

A tired looking woman uses a laptop as two children fight in the background

Briefing paper spotlights AI benefits and risks in family justice system

12 March 2026

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Government launches independent legal advice service for rape victims

12 March 2026

A young girl sits cowering on the floor while a young boy stands over her shouting

New Youth Justice Board resource highlights ‘complex factors’ shaping harmful behaviour among children

12 March 2026

Refuge campaigners outside the houses of parliament

Refuge calls on parliament to plug funding gap that leaves women unsafe at home

11 March 2026

Tom Hayhoe

‘Impossible for LSB to meet objectives’, Legal Services Consumer Panel warns

11 March 2026

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SMEs would bear the brunt of proposals to fund access to justice through client accounts – CILEX

10 March 2026

SRA pays out £9m to ‘most urgent’ PM Law transactions after receiving 250 applications to compensation fund

10 March 2026

Claire Waxman

Repeal of parental presumption ‘historic victory’, Victims Commissioner says

9 March 2026

CILEX calls for more opportunities to diversify access to the legal profession

9 March 2026

A scared looking woman cowers on the floor in a corner with the outline of a person looming over her

Domestic abuse crisis ‘hiding in plain sight’ – Refuge

6 March 2026

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Government’s SEND consultation facing legal challenge

6 March 2026

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Mother fabricated abuse claims, court finds in Hague Convention application

6 March 2026

SRA formally censured for failures over SSB Group

5 March 2026

Kinship care

Government commits £126m to kinship care pilot across seven local authority areas

5 March 2026

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President of Family Division sets aside alienating behaviour findings and limits use of expert evidence

5 March 2026

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New guidance released on preparing court bundles for litigants in person in family proceedings

5 March 2026

A man with a pushchair and a small child seen in silhouette from a distance

Risk of future domestic abuse not sufficient to justify removal, court finds

5 March 2026

A close-up of an adult holding a child's hand in a hospital bed. The child has a cannula in their hand.

High Court weighs faith, medicine and a child’s best interests in life-sustaining treatment case

5 March 2026

Bromley town centre at night

Domestic adoption order refused due to safeguarding and trafficking concerns

4 March 2026

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Law Society backs LSB’s EDI plans but warns of burden on small firms

4 March 2026

A group of young children looking at phones

Government launches consultation on children’s digital wellbeing

3 March 2026

Adrian Jaggard

Legal group AIIC passes 1,000 consultants as platform business continues to grow

3 March 2026

Richard Blakeway

LSB announces preferred candidate for OLC chair

3 March 2026

MyHMCTS Portal

Child arrangements and domestic abuse applications must be filed online in five family courts

2 March 2026

Group photos of the Ward Hadaway teams

Ward Hadaway strengthens team with 44 new appointments

27 February 2026