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The future of the Bar: protecting what matters most

17 AUG 2026

NSPCC calls for tougher action against social media platforms over risks to children

17 AUG 2026

Children’s Commissioner updates guidance on supporting care experienced students in higher education

17 AUG 2026

Children’s rights groups call for UNCRC incorporation and statutory impact assessments

17 AUG 2026

Recent developments in public family law: Practical insights from 3PB Chambers

10 AUG 2026

Rape and serious child sexual offences excluded from sentencing reforms

10 AUG 2026

Women’s Aid responds to the latest early release scheme amendments

10 AUG 2026

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The future of the Bar: protecting what matters most

17 AUG 2026

NSPCC calls for tougher action against social media platforms over risks to...

17 AUG 2026

Children’s Commissioner updates guidance on supporting care experienced...

17 AUG 2026

Children’s rights groups call for UNCRC incorporation and statutory impact...

17 AUG 2026

Recent developments in public family law: Practical insights from 3PB...

10 AUG 2026

Rape and serious child sexual offences excluded from sentencing reforms

10 AUG 2026

Women’s Aid responds to the latest early release scheme amendments

10 AUG 2026

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Jan O'Neill is a Professional Support Lawyer with Herbert Smith Freehills.

Sarah Hawkins is CEO of National Family Mediation.

National Family Mediation is the largest provider of family mediation in England and Wales.

They have a network of dozens of affiliated members, each of which is a not-for-profit family mediation provider. Collectively they deliver family mediation in over 500 locations across England and Wales, delivering some 16,000 mediations per year. To find your local service call 0300 4000 636 or email general@nfm.org.uk or use your postcode here.

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The future of the Bar: protecting what matters most

The Bar is changing. Pressures around legal aid, the growing use of AI and questions about how to build a sustainable career are prompting difficult conversations about what the profession might look...

Lies beget lies – a surrogacy arrangement mutates into an adoption order

Mary Welstead, Visiting Professor in Family law University of BuckinghamIn October 2025, the Honourable Ms Justice Henke finally decided the future of baby J, who was almost three years of...

William Green, Trinity ChambersThis article examines the critical role of proportionality in care proceedings, specifically regarding care and placement orders. Proportionality dictates that state...

Evaluating innovative family law practice: research findings on the ‘one-lawyer-two-clients’ format

Dr Rachael Blakey, University of WarwickThis article summarises findings from the first study on the "one-lawyer-two-clients format" in England and Wales, whereby a single lawyer supports both parties...

NSPCC calls for tougher action against social media platforms over risks to children

The NSPCC has called on the Government and Ofcom to take tougher action against social media platforms after Childline data showed that the five platforms most frequently mentioned by children in...

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