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Divorce & family breakdown are often accompanied by mental health problems. Nicola Beasley explains how family lawyers can work with clients who lack or lose capacity

Cafcass has put in place a ‘Domestic abuse practice policy’ for its family court advisors (FCAs) and children’s guardians, to reverse the current ‘contact at all costs culture’

A claim for non-payment of fees by a family silk and junior counsel instructed under the public access scheme has been unanimously dismissed by the Court of Appeal

Family lawyers group Resolution has called for more support for victims of domestic abuse seeking to resolve their finances on divorce

Marie Law, Head of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, discusses the crucial role of alcohol testing, the variety of testing methods available, and the tests that are best suited to your particular case

Dining etiquette will be enforced by law, or at least the ‘tips’ element of it, former district judge Stephen Gold writes in this week’s ‘Civil way’

Are local authorities liable for abuse within foster placements, regardless of the child’s relationship to the foster parents? Christopher Ratcliffe traces recent case law

The recent case of footballer Kyle Walker and his girlfriend Lauryn Goodman is a useful illustration of the approach the courts will take in financial provision cases where the parties have not been married, write Samantha Farndale, partner at Stowe Family Law, and Tara Lyons, barrister at Pump Court Chambers, in this week’s NLJ

Samantha Farndale & Tara Lyons analyse two Schedule 1 cases, both showing the court’s focus on needs in relation to financial provision for children

The relationship between foster parents and a local authority was held to be akin to employment even though the foster parents and foster child were related, in a recent Court of Appeal case on vicarious liability for abuse suffered

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth

NEWS
"There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain..."
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
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