If you could change one thing in family law, what would it be?
Speakers at our Family Law Reform Now conference in September 2021 presented and explored ten different answers to this question, showcasing important ideas for family law reform from across academia and legal practice.
Organised in collaboration with the Law Commission, all proposals received for the conference were provided to the Commission as consultation responses for its 14th Programme of Law Reform, as well as becoming part of an edited collection, to be published by Hart in 2024.
Presentations from the Family Law Reform Now conference
Introduction & welcome
Lisa Webley, Head of the Law School, University of Birmingham
A review of children’s rights when parents live apart
Anne Barlow and Jan Ewing, University of Exeter
Reforming birth registration in England and Wales
Philip Bremner, Royal Holloway, Craig Lind and Maria Moscati, University of Sussex
Reform of the legal framework for origin information in assisted reproduction
Alan Brown and Katherine Wade, Universities of Glasgow and Leicester
Grandparent act or granny ‘annex’? Waiting for the government?
Samantha Davey, University of Essex
'A legal support bill for children in 'cross over' cases?
Mavis Maclean, University of Oxford
A new law of family property
Sharon Thompson, Cardiff University
Reform of financial provision on divorce
Baroness Ruth Deech QC (Hon.)
The intimate adult relationships bill
Russell Sandberg, Cardiff University
Breach of Promise to Marry Legally
Rajnaara Akhtar and Rebecca Probert, De Montfort University and University of Exeter
Protecting cohabitants upon relationship breakdown
Andrew Hayward, Durham University
Closing remarks
Nick Hopkins (Law Commissioner)