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Provocation and coercive control: the Challen case

In the week that Sally Challen told her own story for the first time, Jessica Maguire explores the perception of coercive control in the current justice system

The dangerous assumption of cohabitation rights

Pippa Allsop asks why the legislators have not yet kept up with societal changes, when even the Prime Minister is cohabiting with a partner

Sentencing of mothers causing children 'irreparable harm', report claims

The welfare of dependent children should be at the forefront of a judg';s mind when sending mothers to prison, according to a new parliamentary committee report.

Let's be realistic

David Hodson OBE asks if it's time for a John Cornwell-style code of practice for lawyers' wellbeing in family justice

Online divorce petitions: a cry for help?

A smaller number of online divorces proceed to a final divorce decree absolute than paper petitions, according to recent figures from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

Let's be realistic.

David Hodson OBE asks if it's time for a John Cornwell-style code of practice for lawyers' wellbeing in family justice

A PATIENT'S INFORMED CONSENT MUST BE COMPREHENSIVE AND DEMONSTRABLE

A surgeon may be found liable if informed consent cannot be proven even if the surgery itself wasn't negligent, as James Wilson-MacDonald and Nicholas Todd explain

A dangerous assumption

Pippa Allsop asks why the legislators have not kept up with societal changes, when even the prime minister is cohabiting with a partner