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Fundamental changes are needed in the family courts in order to prioritise mental health in children and parents, with lawyers urging more focus on alternative dispute resolution such as...

The House of Commons Library has published a briefing paper outlining ways a no-deal Brexit could affect divorce procedures. The Commons Library raises the option of civil judicial co-operation which...

This case concerns the very difficult situation in which the issue of disputed paternity only comes to light years after the child’s birth, when the child (and the father) have always believed that he...

The legal charity, the Personal Support Unit has brought together a panel of experts to discuss the rise in mental health issues in the Family Courts and how we can help. The event, on 31 October,...

Northern Ireland's strict abortion law breaches the UK's human rights commitments, the High Court in Belfast has ruled. Currently, a termination is only permitted in Northern Ireland if a woman's life...

Scotland has become the first country in the UK to make it a criminal offence for parents to smack their children.The ban on all physical punishment was backed overwhelmingly by 84 votes to 29 by the...

The Scottish government has introduced the Civil Partnership Bill to the Scottish Parliament, which will enable mixed sex couples to enter civil partnerships. The Bill has been introduced following a...

New Ministry of Justice (MoJ) statistics about the family court are just out. The headline is that the number of divorce petitions is down on the same period last year. There were 28,144 divorce...

Yesterday the High Court ruled that a transgender man who gave birth with the help of fertility treatment could not be registered as the child's father, rather than its mother, on the birth...

Leading family lawyers Grant Howell and Helen Garlick have joined the judging panel for this year’s LexisNexis Legal Awards, where they will be responsible for deciding on the shortlist and winners...

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