Adoption UK welcomes confirmation of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) which has provided specialist ...

Celebrating the excellence, resilience, and humanity at the heart of family law. The LexisNexis Family Law Awards 2025 are officially open for entries – and with them, a unique opportunity for ...

the Children's Commissioner has released a statement about Ofcom's new safety codes: "The Online Safety Act places a legal requirement on Ofcom to consult my Office about the Children’s Safety Code ...

This article examines the difficult and often emotive issue of disclosure of highly personal information about one party to other parties within public law proceedings under the Children Act 1989. The ...

The Court of Protection uses the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to determine a protected party’s (P’s) capacity to make decisions and where P lacks capacity to determine P’s best interests in that area of ...

The labours of the Private Law Working Group, set up by the President of the Family Division back in August 2013, have now come to fruition and on 22 April the new Practice Direction 12B - Child ...

Marie Law, Head of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, discusses the many benefits of oral fluid drug testing for child welfare and protection matters. Drug testing plays a crucial role in safeguarding ...

Updated guidance to assist judicial office holders in relation to the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been published ...

On 24 April 2025 the Children’s Commissioner issued a Statement on Ofcom’s new Children’s Safety Codes: "The Online Safety Act places a legal requirement on Ofcom to consult my Office about the ...