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The Children’s Commissioner for England has urged peers to strengthen the Crime and Policing Bill to better protect children from the escalating risks they face online, warning that current...

Two leading adoption organisations have issued urgent calls for a full, cross-government review of support for adopted children and their families, following a BBC investigation highlighting rising...

Jody Atkinson, Barrister, St John’s ChambersIt is widely assumed that where the care of a child is divided equally between its parents there will be no liability for child support. However, in...

Carrie Laws, Director, The Family Law CompanyIn this article for the Family Law Journal, Carrie Laws, a lawyer and director at The Family Law Company, discusses what steps the government should take...

The General Council of the Bar has opened its consultation on the proposed 2026/27 budget and the corresponding practising certificate fee (PCF), ahead of submitting final proposals to the Legal...

New Department for Education figures published today show that 81,770 children were in the care of councils as of 31 March 2025.This represents an 18 per cent increase over the past decade, up from...

Children’s charity NSPCC has urged the government and criminal justice agencies to take urgent action to clear a growing backlog of child sexual abuse cases, warning that long delays are leaving...

*SPONSORED CONTENT*Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, discusses the role of hair drug and alcohol testing in children, and the forensic standards underpinning its use in family law.In...

Entries are now open for the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2026, the most anticipated and prestigious event in the legal calendar.Returning to celebrate the outstanding achievements, innovation and...

***SPONSORED CONTENT***Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, discusses the application and benefits of repeat drug and alcohol testing in the Family Court.Drug and alcohol testing are...

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