Cansofrd Labs recently hosted a live Q&A covering key questions around hair strand testing – from cut-off levels and concerns about bias to the science behind our analysis. We tackled common ...

Bar Conference – held for the very first time on Circuit – is set to examine the Bar’s culture, public inquiries and the ...

The family law reforms are two working days away. The volume of material for family law professionals to read and digest is huge and the Children and Families Act 2014 is a biggie at 241 pages long.

Family analysis: Did the court, in deciding on financial provision, have jurisdiction to make a global maintenance order? Liz Cowell, partner at McAlister Family Law, looks at the issues of ‘global’ ...

The case of R v Bassaragh in January 2024 saw the Court of Appeal quash the prison sentence of a heavily pregnant woman so that she could give birth safely. Subsequently the mitigating factor ...

Do family courts adopt a consistent approach to children’s autonomy? If not, should they? This article critically examines the inconsistency with which courts address children’s autonomy in ...

Andrew Bainham, Emeritus Reader in Family Law and Policy, University of Cambridge. This article is concerned with the reform of kinship care law in the light of recent governmenta ...

This article explores key pitfalls that arise when chattels are disputed in divorce proceedings. It addresses the crucial question of ownership, and the ways in which assets can become ...

In this article, Sue Brookes explores why all family law specialists need to screen their clients properly for domestic abuse and she explains why domestic abuse screening is not a tool which should ...

The Hague Convention announced: "On 6 May 2025, the Republic of the Philippines deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention of 18 March 1970 on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or ...

The Chair of the Bar Council has welcomed new proposals in the Victims and Courts Bill that will automatically restrict ...