Legal Aid for Family Law With regard to Family Law there are welcome indications about making legal aid easier to obtain in adoption cases and for family members wishing to care for children. Samantha Rymer 17th January 2024
What Happens to the Family Home During Divorce? The law says the interests of minor children are the court’s first consideration. This means that the court will do all it can to ensure that children remain in the family home with the parent who looks after them. Hannah Bickley 17th January 2024
Forced Marriage - What are your rights? Forced marriage can be a highly distressing subject, but there are ways that the law can protect people affected Sarah McCarthy 17th January 2024
Hillsborough Law campaign responds to the government’s version of duty of candour put forward in the Criminal Justice Bill Elkan Abrahamson 7th December 2023
Covid Inquiry Module 2: Why is scientific evidence so important? This week's evidence proves why scientific evidence is needed in this Inquiry and why it is so important to help make recommendations to ensure that further mistakes are not made Nicola Brook 24th November 2023
Covid Inquiry: Module 2 Week 3 summary Nicola Brook provides a summary of the evidence heard in the third week of Module 2 hearings Nicola Brook 17th November 2023
Aisha Cleary: Mother responds to lack of recommendations following death of baby in Bronzefield prison A ‘distressing’ and ‘heartbreaking’ inquiry heard how serious operational and systemic failings contributed to the death of a full-term baby in a cell at HMP Bronzefield Elaine Macdonald 15th November 2023
Covid Inquiry: Module 2 Week 5 summary Nicola Brook provides a summary of the evidence heard in the fifth week of Module 2 hearings Nicola Brook 15th November 2023
Covid Inquiry: Module 2 Week 4 summary Nicola Brook provides a summary of the evidence heard in the fourth week of Module 2 hearings Nicola Brook 14th November 2023