This week’s edition of Family considers the interface between property law and financial remedy in the context of bankruptcy and the role of the financial dispute resolution hearing in financial remedy proceedings. Four new flowcharts setting out the steps to be taken in applications for financial provision after overseas divorce or dissolution and applications for pension sharing orders are set out, together with details of a new webinar on AI and family law.

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes details of a release note from HMCTS confirming that case file view is now available for practitioners using the contested financial remedy portal. Details of an appeal against a transfer of residence and an application for the summary return of a child to Dubai are also considered.

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes analysis of the decision by the Court of Appeal about the approach to be taken with regards to a post-nuptial agreement where there are conduct and costs issues. Guidance in a decision from the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane is set out considering situations where a qualified legal representative (QLR) is required but none are available and the approach to take to cross-examination. Updated HMCTS guidance on emails to the court in family proceedings is also considered.

This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights considers recent judgments on parental responsibility and orders under section 91(14) of the Children Act 1989, applications to amend statements of case and the implications of bankruptcy. The grave risk of harm and child’s objections exceptions to the 1980 Hague Convention are also considered.

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes details of the speech delivered by the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, at the 2025 Resolution national conference on changes and future priorities in family justice. Details of the Family Justice Council's recently published guidance on the use of covert recordings in family law proceedings involving children and the Ministry of Justice's recently published statutory guidance on Independent Sexual Violence Advisers are considered. Analysis of recent judgments on the shortfall in experts’ fees and costs in maintenance pending suit applications are included. The new edition of At a Glance 2025–2026 is also now available in Lexis+® UK containing industry-standard facts and figures for financial remedy negotiations.

This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes details of the minutes from the latest Family Procedure Rules Committee meeting. Recent judgments on disclosure of the adoption agency’s report in adoption proceedings, application for care orders and adjournment of English proceedings in Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 proceedings are also considered. The Supreme Court’s decision on whether the court has jurisdiction to set aside a validly made order for the adoption of a child other than by way of an appeal is also set out, together with details of the appointment of the new President of the Family Division.

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights include updated guidance on transfer of proceedings under Articles 8 and 9 of the 1996 Hague Convention together with updated guidance on public law children cases with an international element. Recent judgments on the designation of a local authority in care proceedings based on ordinary residence and imputing Parliament’s intention as to void or voidable divorce orders are also set out.

This week’s edition of the Family weekly highlights includes details of the renaming of the Chancery Division to the Business and Property Division, consultations on the proposals to modernise weddings law in England and Wales and the extension of the minimum retention period for adoption records created between 1976 and 2005 from 75 to 100 years. Analysis of balancing testamentary freedom with spousal provision is also included together with recent judgments on an appeal against care and placement orders on the basis of a serious procedural irregularity and an application for costs following the dismissal of a challenge to an arbitral determination.

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes details of the fourth Family Procedure Rules 2010 update of 2024 introducing a new FPR 2010, PD 36ZG (Part 3 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021: provision during piloted commencement) and an announcement from Mr Justice Peel, judge in charge of standard orders, updating the standard orders to reflect developments in law and practice since May 2023. A notice from Peel J is also set out, clarifying the process of allocation of financial remedies applications to High Court judge level in the light of the mandatory use of the online portal since January 2023, together with details of a new Practice Note providing a Hague Conventions toolkit for family practitioners.

This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes details of the speech by the Master of the Rolls addressing AI adoption in the legal profession and digital assets jurisdiction alignment. Recent judgments on gender recognition certificates, cost orders, fact-finding hearings addressing abuse allegations, deeds of revocation replacing a pre-nuptial agreement and applications for summary return orders are also considered. Two new Practice Notes on the procedure for reporting restriction orders and notifying the media via the Press Association Injunction Applications Alert Service have also been added to the media access and transparency subtopic.

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes an analysis of the Court of Appeal decision on the differences in the approach taken by courts in different regions when deciding whether a care order, supervision order or no order should be made when public law care proceedings end with a plan for the child to be placed or remain living at home. The procedure to be followed where allegations of conduct are pleaded is set out, together with special measures and participation directions in an application to set aside a consent order. Declarations not to notify the maternal and paternal families regarding a child in public children proceedings in circumstances of domestic abuse are also considered.

This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes analysis of the Court of Appeal’s decision on post-adoption contact and consideration of the court's jurisdiction to set aside pension sharing orders. Recent judgments on extended orders under section 91(14) of the Children Act 1989 and the jurisdictional basis to make an application for a legal services payment order are also considered.