The shortlist for the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2025 has been announced. The LexisNexis Legal Awards will be held at the Park ...

The impact of trauma on ability to recall and recount testimony has been recognised as a key issue for many years. Initiatives such as The Advocates’ Gateway have made important strides in providing ...

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. For every testing instruction received ...

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 ...

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 ...

In July 2024 after three years of hearings and adjournments Mrs Justice Arbuthnot handed down her judgment in AA v ZZ a case which she described as unusual and perplexing. The Applicant wanted a child ...

A teenage Jehovah's Witness who was crushed in a car accident has died after refusing a blood transfusion in hospital. The schoolboy, aged 15, was airlifted to hospital from the incident in Smethwick, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The movement towards open adoption from public care in the UK has been emerging from research with patchy application in practice. The possibility of continued relationships between birth relatives ...

David Cameron has announced Conservative Party plans to reform Sure Start programme hinting services will be restricted to the less wealthy. They will be similar to Academy schools in that they will ...