Leading drug, alcohol and DNA testing laboratory, AlphaBiolabs, has made a £500 donation to Blackburne House in Liverpool as part of its Giving Back campaign.

The Children's Commissioner has reacted to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: "As Children’s Commissioner, I want England to be the best place for children to grow up, where every child can be ...

Six months on from the implementation of changes to FPR rules surrounding NCDR, this article takes the opportunity to reflect holistically on: the aims of the changes; whether they have helped or ...

‘Part 1’ of the article, published in the November 2024 edition of the journal, summarised three recent cases involving a dispute as to whether or not a ‘Nuptial Agreement’ was valid and binding on ...

Before the issue of contact between the Applicant and his purported children could be determined the existence of the children had to be decided. It is readily understandable why Arbuthnot J claimed ...

A will is revoked by the testator’s marriage or civil partnership. The Law Commission has consulted twice on whether this rule should be retained in modern conditions. The author examines the ...

It is easy to lose count of the number of Court of Appeal decisions that emphasise the importance of both judges and social work professionals undertaking a balanced holistic evaluation of all the ...

Following decades of advocacy the Act adopts a "maximalist" approach fully incorporating the UNCRC and its first two Optional Protocols as far as possible within devolved competence. The Act ...

Despite disability being a Section 25 factor in its own right, there is a dearth of resources specifically addressing the same. Often rolled into earning capacity, disability in one or more parties to ...

Over six months into the Department for Education’s Suspected Inflicted Head Injury Service (SIHIS) pilot its impact remains unclear. This article examines significant legal and forensic concerns ...

In Wolverhampton City Council v JA & Ors [2017] EWFC 62, Keehan J dealt with a care case which involved allegations of sexual abuse of two young girls. They were aged 13 (X) and 12 (Y) at the time of ...