7+ hour, 37+ min ago  (347+ words) The Family Mediation Voucher Scheme has received the "7 million funding needed to extend it for a further 12 months, Justice Minister Baroness Levitt KC has confirmed." The scheme, which provides eligible couples with up to "500 towards professional mediation costs, was launched…...

8+ hour, 6+ min ago  (288+ words) A new legal careers platform promises to offer verified profiles for almost 9000 SRA-regulated firms, with dedicated career pages covering family law. Law Board, which launched last month, includes a free salary benchmarking tool that gives practitioners an honest view of…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (443+ words) The Law Society of England and Wales is calling for a public consultation on the use of artificial intelligence in the courts and tribunals service. In its response the Civil Justice Council's (CJC) consultation on the use of AI in…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (761+ words) A judge has taken the unusual step of releasing the name and picture of a child, and of the father who abducted him, after the father was mistakenly freed from prison. Judge Hayden said he hoped publicity would help in…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (389+ words) The government has announced a "12. 4 million investment into fostering through a new Fostering Innovation Fund in a bid to make foster care "more accessible and inclusive across England. The fund will support the modernisation of the foster care system and…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (406+ words) The government's efforts to tackle violence against women and girls (VAWG) could be affected by the resignations of two of its most vocal advocates in protest at Sir Keir Starmer's leadership of the Labour party." Junior justice minister Alex Davies-Jones…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (664+ words) Sana Saddique, managing director of Collective Law Solicitors, explains why amicable divorce is anything but, and asks why family lawyers are often the scapegoats in acrimonious splits. Few phrases have become more commercially appealing within modern family law than the…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (298+ words) A Standard Orders update has been delivered by Mr Justice Peel this week, actioning the work of the Standard Orders Group which continues to monitor legal and procedural development in family law and ensure the documentation remains up to date....

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (265+ words) An Oxford-based family law firm is claiming a "UK first" as it gears up to host a live, 24-hour question and answer session across its social media platforms." Family First Solicitors, which says it is "one of the most-followed family…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (498+ words) What was your career path to your current role? Did you have any other career ambitions? Not other than wanting to be a criminal lawyer initially, once I gave up on the idea of being a criminal psychologist! I then…...