AI can generate convincing text, audio, photographs and video — and the Ministry of Justice has now identified synthetic and manipulated evidence as an emerging risk to the justice system. For family-court litigants, the practical response is not panic. It is better evidence discipline: preserve originals, retain context, record provenance and understand what each item actually proves.

Daniel Thomas’s criminal case moved from arrest and charge to a magistrates’ court appearance within a remarkably short period. Against a record Crown Court backlog, that has prompted questions about whether the case is receiving exceptional treatment. But rapid first appearances for defendants kept in custody are built into criminal procedure. This article separates the publicly known facts from speculation and asks what evidence would actually be needed before drawing conclusions about equal treatment before the law.

A Special Guardianship Order is a serious long-term order, but it is not adoption and it is not necessarily the end of a birth parent's relationship with their child. This practical guide explains contact, discharge, significant change in circumstances, disputed expert evidence and how to turn understandable anger into evidence the Family Court can act upon.