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Calls to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 have been renewed, with the Bar Council arguing the current threshold criminalises children too early and risks pushing them towards lifelong offending

Save the Children UK is the latest charity to benefit from a £500 donation from AlphaBiolabs via the company’s Giving Back initiative

Involving children as young as ten years old in the criminal justice system is ineffective, punishes disadvantage and acts as a catalyst to increase the likelihood of future offending, barristers have warned

Public family law cases are taking two weeks less to complete than they did last year, according to the family court statistics quarterly: January to March 2026, published last week

Courts in England and Wales and Singapore are increasingly confronting complex disputes over international child relocation as families become more globally mobile

Linda Ong & Lola Ajayi consider the relocation of children between the two jurisdictions, setting out key practice points, legal approach & caselaw

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Australian-style ban on social media for under-16s will be difficult to enforce, lawyers have warned

Global mobility is transforming family law, creating new challenges around jurisdiction, assets and child arrangements

Rachel Fisher explores how globalisation is reshaping family law

Five years after the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 came into force, concerns remain that the family courts continue to minimise allegations of abuse in child contact disputes

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