New figures shared by the Ministry of Justice reveal that in 2024/25 there were 6,989 child sexual abuse and exploitation ...

To give entrants more time, the submission deadline has been extended to Friday 5 December 2025. The LexisNexis Legal Awards are a powerful platform for brand visibility and thought leadership, ...

This represents an 18 per cent increase over the past decade, up from 69,460 children in 2015. The rise follows separate data released last month indicating that councils carry out more than 600 child ...

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 ...

In care proceedings and private family law cases, toxicology evidence can play a pivotal role in safeguarding decisions. When ...

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 ...

Domestic abuse charity Refuge has welcomed new government measures to tackle violent pornography and intimate image abuse, ...

The family justice system must be recognised as central to the national mission to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) within a decade, the Bar Council has said, warning that years of ...

Family analysis: Siddique Patel solicitor at Shoosmiths discusses the decision of the Court of Appeal overturning that of Williams J when he ruled that an Islamic Nikah ceremony could be classed as a ...

The issue of single parent families has attracted the attention of headline writers for more than a generation. But in the reporting of data relating to them, much of it centres on the two million ...

Hannah Rought-Brooks considers the legal framework, post Brexit, for placing children outside the jurisdiction in the EU during or at the conclusion of care proceedings. The Hague Convention now ...

Re M (A Child – Private Law Children Proceedings – Case Management – Intimate Images) (2022) EWHC 986 (Fam). This article summarises and discusses the useful guidance case in relation to the admission ...