The LexisNexis Legal Awards 2025 are officially open for entries, offering a platform to celebrate the very best of the UK’s legal talent. This year’s awards will feature four exciting new categories, ...

This article starts by exploring mental health among the UK population at large as measured by global surveys. Thereafter it focusses on the mental health picture presented by separating families ...

Those working in the Family Justice system frequently encounter clients who present as vulnerable. Sheena Cassidy Hope and Kelly Gerrard examine the issues that practitioners are likely to face when ...

Narcissism has increasingly been used as a term to describe anyone who demonstrates difficult or undesirable behaviour. In reality it is a very specific personality disorder which is capable of being ...

False allegations of rape and domestic violence are perhaps more rare than previously thought, according to the first ever study on the issue by the Crown Prosecution Service. The report (pdf), which ...

Nearly 600 barristers, solicitors, judges, academics and other family law practitioners gathered in central London last night for the prestigious annual Family Law Awards. During the eighth edition of ...

The Family Law Awards 2024 shortlist has been released, celebrating the exceptional talent and achievements within the family law community. This prestigious event will once again bring together the ...

We are currently recruiting for someone to play a key role in the continued success of our market-leading family law portfolio. As Journals and Awards Manager the successful candidate will be ...

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, ...

Sheridan Greenland OBE has taken up her post as the Head of the Office for Judicial Complaints, the body responsible for investigating complaints about the conduct of the judiciary in England and ...

Alex Verdan QC is Head of Chambers at 4PB, winner of the Family Law Chambers of the Year – London Award at the Family Law Awards 2017. Head of Chambers at 4PB. As a barrister I specialise in complex ...

Earl Spencer and his estranged wife Caroline agreed to settle their divorce out of court to avoid publicity. The Earl, 45 - brother of Princess Diana - and the 41 year-old Countess started the ...