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A serious rethink is required as to how female perpetrators of domestic abuse can be given the same chance as male perpetrators to reform their behaviour: Tori Adams reports
The government now has a template for ousting judicial review: Nick Wrightson assesses how it might be used in practice
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Stress can build up inside us like a bubbling pot: Hansa Pankhania offers some tips on turning down the heat
The Court of Appeal has granted parental status to a party whose former same-sex civil partner lives with their children in Dubai, in a groundbreaking decision.
An overhaul of the criminal appeals process is on the cards, after the Law Commission launched a major review into potential reform.
A mother has been ordered to stay away from her children, in a long-running case on parental alienation.
Care proceedings and parental separation cases are taking more than a year to resolve, leaving thousands of children in limbo.
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From gender-critical speech to notice periods and incapability dismissals, employment law continues to turn on fine distinctions. In his latest employment law brief for NLJ, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School reviews a cluster of recent decisions, led by Bailey v Stonewall, where the Court of Appeal clarified the limits of third-party liability under the Equality Act
Non-molestation orders are meant to be the frontline defence against domestic abuse, yet their enforcement often falls short. Writing in NLJ this week, Jeni Kavanagh, Jessica Mortimer and Oliver Kavanagh analyse why the criminalisation of breach has failed to deliver consistent protection
Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961
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