AlphaBiolabs is also the first and only UK laboratory to analyse up to 153 DNA markers for DNA relationship tests. Our DNA testing was already industry-leading, analysing up to 45 DNA markers. However ...

There are more than 85 unofficial Sharia courts operating in the UK, a new report by the rightwing think tank Civitas has revealed. The courts, which usually apply Sharia law in family or financial ...

Family analysis: What factors should parties take into consideration in identifying realistic placement options for a child at the start of care proceedings? Sam Momtaz QC and Sharon Segal, of ...

In his 'View from the President's Chambers: the process of reform: an update' in July 2013, the President of the Family Division, Sir James Munby, explained his concern at the amount of time and money ...

The Financial Remedies Unit at the Central Family Court is running a pilot scheme for an accelerated First Appointment procedure in financial remedy proceedings. The FRU hears thousands of cases each ...

Hilary Woodward, honorary research associate at Cardiff School of Law and Politics and project lead for the Pension Advisory Group, and Debora Price, professor of social gerontology at the University ...

The recent Court of Appeal decision of Re P (A Child) [2018] EWCA Civ 720 (11 April 2018) concerned T (born we are told ‘in 2000’: ie she is 17 or over, see the Children Act 1989, s 31(3) below) and ...

Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, reiterates the message being given as he embarks upon his tour of every care centre in the country. He discusses the reforms currently being faced by ...

The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has warned that carers who look after young relatives, or the children of friends, are being treated unfairly by some local authorities. The warning comes in a new ...

John Rosley, Rosleys Solicitors, Nottingham, Solicitor for the claimant. The case of Singh v Bhakar in which judgment was delivered in the Nottingham County Court on 24 July 2006, received a ...

It is that time of the year! Time for the LexisNexis' annual Family Law Awards. The Awards were launched to recognise the important work of family lawyers, and celebrate their many successes and ...