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Family lawyers have queried the value of compulsory mediation, following government proposals to make it a prerequisite to the family courts.

HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has issued a release note with guidance on sharing draft cases for financial remedy cases proceeding by electronic means via MyHMCTS.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has issued a consultation on resolving private family disputes earlier through family mediation, with the exception of cases involving domestic abuse or child protection concerns.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced that domestic abusers, who kill their partners or ex-partners, will receive tougher sentences under government plans published on 17 March 2023

AlphaBiolabs provides hair drugs tests and nail drug tests for legal proceedings, with traces of drugs remaining detectable in a person’s hair and nails for 12 months after consumption. But which is best when, and what are the differences between the two?

The government has extended legal aid in private and public family law cases, and changed the evidential requirements for domestic abuse.

With the authority of the President of the Family Division, Mr Justice Peel, the national lead judge for the Financial Remedies Court, has nominated the circuit judges who from 6 April 2023 are permitted to refuse applications for permission to appeal in financial remedy proceedings without a hearing and, if the judge considers that the application is totally without merit, to make an order that the appellant may not request the decision to be reconsidered at a hearing.

Two rulebooks, both alike in dignity, in fair England’s courts, where we lay our scene.

Family lawyer Jane Craig issues a call for action on cohabitation rights, in this week’s NLJ.

As the number of people living together without marrying continues to rise, the time for an ‘opt-out’ cohabitation law regime is now, argues Jane Craig

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