Family Law

Advise clients with the confidence of having an up-to-date view of family law. Keep abreast of legal changes with ease. Boost your productivity with precedents, practical guidance and expert commentary, supported by tools enabling fast, accurate drafting.

Your challenge:

In family law, your clients often have concerns about legal costs. Do you find it tricky to carry out research efficiently enough to stay within their budgets? And do you worry about keeping up with the constantly changing legal landscape?

How we can help:

LexisNexis^® helps you research family law, stay up to date and advise your clients in less time. Practice notes help you quickly grasp key principles and yet drill down into underlying law when required. Family-law-specific commentary, forms and precedents help you work more efficiently and boost productivity.

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Legal Research and Intelligence

Drafting and Productivity

Legal Research and Intelligence

Legal Research and Intelligence

With the right insight and information, lawyers can work on any case effectively and efficiently. LexisNexis Legal Research and Intelligence solutions deliver one of the most extensive and up-to-date ranges of content on the market, to help lawyers work with confidence.

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Research faster with a single source for practical guidance, precedents, drafting notes, news updates, checklists, calculators and more. With links through to the underlying law. TRY IT FOR FREE

Lexis<sup>®</sup>Library

Lexis^®Library

Authoritative, up-to-date content covering primary law, consolidated legislation and case law. With additional expert commentary in specialist publications such as Butterworths Family Law Service. TRY IT FOR FREE

Drafting and Productivity

Drafting and Productivity

Drafting is time-consuming work, but it’s crucial to success. LexisNexis gives you peace of mind by automating the process of document drafting, proofing and checking, so you can focus your time and skills on the work you love.

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Lexis^®Draft

Accelerate document drafting and proofreading, improve accuracy from the outset, and increase overall confidence in the quality of documents produced – without leaving Word. GET A DEMO

LexisSmart Forms

LexisSmart Forms

Up-to-date repository of fillable forms – including Family E – in PDF format. No need to install new software. Complete forms faster and share them with ease. GET A QUOTE

Lexis<sup>®</sup>Smart Precedents

Lexis^®Smart Precedents

Create tailored first-draft precedents and suites of precedents from a single questionnaire. Save time while reducing the risk of drafting errors. GET A QUOTE

What's new in Family Law

The following features and improvements were added in July 2018

New Practice Notes x 6 on standard orders
New Practice Notes x 2 on Enforcement of orders made under TOLATA 1996 and Introduction to costs in proceedings subject to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 for family lawyers
New Practice Notes x 3 on evidence and disclosure including privilege and witness evidence
New edition of At a Glance 2018-19

New Precedents x 5 comprising letters of instruction x 4 in relation to experts and specimen final orders under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996
New Brexit topic
New Practice Note on applications to vary, extend or discharge a non-molestation or occupation order
106 new Q&As

Meet our Family Law Experts

Our in-house family law team works in partnership with leading practitioners in the sector to ensure that the service focuses on the day-to-day requirements of the family law community. We work with highly regarded family law experts and our consulting editorial board to provide expert practical guidance and advice to family lawyers.

Meet the Experts

Geraldine Morris

Head of Lexis^®PSL Family