Cafcass has replaced ICFA with Enabling Family Time, a shorter child-focused service for rebuilding or maintaining important relationships during private Family Court proceedings. This practical guide explains referrals, sessions, safeguarding, session notes, what Cafcass reports to court and how parents can prepare.

Agentic AI can plan, select tools and take actions across legal workflows. That creates a new set of risks around authority, confidentiality, supervision and accountability. JSH Law asks what responsible delegation should look like.

The Government has abandoned its wider plan for judge-alone Crown Court trials — but the Courts and Tribunals Bill is far from dead. JSH Law examines what still changes, including jury-trial election, magistrates’ powers, criminal appeals, AI-assisted court administration and the proposed repeal of the Family Court’s parental-involvement presumption.