‘Make the world a Refuge’, a powerful short film exploring the diverse forms of domestic abuse, has been awarded Charity Film ...

Oral fluid (saliva) drug testing is classified as a ‘narrow-window’ (short-term) testing method, meaning it can be used to ...

In this article Shiva Ancliffe KC and Caroline Croft set out the law in relation to the designation of care and supervision orders, highlighting the relevant statutory provisions and extracting the ...

This article explores the principles of care for children deprived of their liberty including the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory’s recent recommendations on the care provision for children who ...

Medical Treatment and the Law:... Medical Treatment and the Law: ...

Family Law is now a publishing imprint of LexisNexis. Family Law will continue to produce the Family Law Awards, textbooks, looseleafs, journals and court reference works. Our flagship titles include: ...

Family law is an arena for everyone. Every kind of person has the potential to frequent these courts hoping for justice. It is therefore common place for users who have sight-impairment, mobility ...

When reviewing current costs limitation for Child Abduction and Wardship it has been agreed following consultation and feedback that the cost limit for the substantive certificate will increase from ...

Once viewed as an exception, shared care arrangements are now fast becoming the go-to solution for many courts in private child arrangements disputes. However, is this shift happening too rapidly?

The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 prohibits alleged perpetrators of domestic abuse and their victims from cross-examining each other, with the court appointing legal practitioners to carry out ...

In my last View, published in September [2016] Fam Law 1102, I drew attention to the seemingly relentless rise in the number of new care cases. The fact is that we are approaching a crisis for which ...

Most will agree that the relationship between the 1980 and 1996 Hague Conventions is a match made in heaven. However the intersection between the 1970 Hague Evidence Convention and the 1980 Hague ...