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Has the case of Re Z impacted the law on surrogacy?

Sarah Bell, a Partner at Stephens Scown, assesses the wider impact of the ruling in Re Z (Surrogacy: Step-parent Adoption) [2024] EWFC 20

Dividing complex wealth in high-net-worth divorce

Nicky Hunter examines how courts approach dividing high-value, illiquid and risky assets in today’s high-net-worth divorce cases

A reflection on 10 years of the offence of controlling and coercive behaviour

Matthew Hardcastle and Connie Atkinson from Kingsley Napley reflect on the decade since the coming into force of the offence of controlling and coercive behaviour

Gillick competent minors and parental authority: lessons from S v F and M [2025] EWHC 439 (Fam)

Ceri White, Barrister at 4PB, summarises the main takeaways from the case and its implications

Will legal aid, as with so many other public services, simply be co-opted into a system of managed decline?

Daniel Newman, Professor in Law at Cardiff University, Emma Cooke, Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Kent, and Jess Mant, a Senior Research Fellow at Monash University, discuss the findings from their recent project funded by the British Academy on the legal aid sector

The painful reality of the Sara Sharif case

Catherine Gee, a Barrister at Pump Court Chambers, discusses the issues raised by the Sara Sharif case and the decision to publish the names of the judges involved

Why are we still relying on property law to divide the assets of cohabiting couples on separation?

Catherine Loadman from Lund Bennett Law discusses a recent case that provides helpful information for family lawyers advising cohabiting parties on the division of property

Civil legal aid reform: restoring access to justice or running out of time?

Sonia Kalsi, an Associate Professor (Teaching) at the Faculty of Laws at University College London and Deputy Director (Teaching & Learning) of the Faculty’s Centre for Access to Justice, asks whether it’s too late to save civil legal aid