Under the proposed legislation, courts will be expected to suspend most custodial sentences of under 12 months, a measure ...

While a single test may confirm either historical or recent use, depending on the type of test taken, it offers only a limited view of behaviour. By contrast, repeat testing enables the court to ...

The government has announced plans to repeal the presumption of parental involvement from the Children Act 1989, marking a ...

The number of children missing more than half of school hit a record high this spring, new Department for Education figures reveal. According to analysis by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), ...

The wait is over – entries are now open for the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2026, the most anticipated and prestigious event in the legal calendar. Returning to celebrate the outstanding achievements, ...

This article argues for the introduction of a statutory definition of honour-based abuse to better support victims and guide legal professionals. Currently, victims of honour-based abuse are prevented ...

In December 2024, a hybrid audience of some 100 invitees gathered to hear the 17th annual Family Justice Council debate.

Frances Harris Harcourt Chambers This article aims to debunk those myths surrounding autism and to encourage practitioners to have autism firmly on their radars when conducting public law proceedings.

Talaq is the unilateral right of the man to divorce his wife. He can do this either verbally or in writing. That much is common knowledge. What isn’t however is that there are actually three different ...

Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, has issued a revised Practice Direction 12J of the Family Procedure Rules 2010 which came into force on 2 October 2017. The Practice Direction ...

Relationships have been in the news in 2018. Not only did we see two Royal weddings, but at the opposite end of the romance spectrum, in June the UK Supreme Court ruled that it was discriminatory not ...

As previously mentioned if the husband refuses to give his wife Islamic Talaq the wife would effectively be stuck in her marriage. However Islamic jurisprudence provides for the wife in enabling ...