Children and family law – essential updates for spring 2026

Keeping pace with rapid developments in children and family law is essential for every practitioner, with new legislation, case law and guidance reshaping practice at an ever-increasing rate.

This webinar provides a comprehensive update on the latest changes in law, procedure and practical guidance, highlighting the key developments affecting day-to-day practice.

Topics covered include:

Children and domestic abuse matters

• Developments surrounding domestic abuse
• Enforcing contact/ child arrangements
• Developments in issues over parental responsibility
• Use of the pathfinder courts for private children law proceedings and its development
• Public children law cases – developments
• Family procedure rule developments
• Case and statute law update

Finances, divorce and cohabitation

• Divorce and dissolution – developments in Procedure
• Financial remedy matters – case law developments and procedural changes
• Financial remedy cases – conduct, costs and developments in nuptial agreements
• Cohabitation – current thinking and developments
• Ongoing applications of Standish v Standish
• Family procedure rule developments
• Case and statute law update