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The Next Frontier in Family Justice Is Decision Integrity

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AI, family court reform and safeguarding: why evidence traceability, human oversight and decision integrity matter for more accountable justice.
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Microsoft Copilot for Legal: Who Controls the Future of Legal AI?

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Microsoft has launched Copilot for Legal. Mike Murphy highlights its distribution advantage. JSH Law examines the CMA's concerns, legal AI competition, professional duties and what this means for family justice.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

Delay Is Not Administrative: What Family Justice Can Learn from the New Criminal Court Listing Framework

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A new national criminal-court listing framework requires judges to consider the human impact of delay. It does not apply to the Family Court — but its central principle raises an important question for family justice: are we measuring delay in weeks, or by what those weeks actually do to children and families?
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

AI Agents in Family Court: How Much Control Are You Giving Them?

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Not every AI tool is equally agentic. Some simply answer questions; others can read documents, use tools, interact with applications and carry out multi-step workflows. For litigants in person, understanding that spectrum matters because the more an AI system can do, the more carefully its access, permissions and supervision need to be managed.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

AI Agents & Family Court: A Guide for Litigants in Person

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AI agents go beyond answering questions: they can potentially work through documents, organise evidence, build chronologies and complete multi-step tasks. For litigants in person, that could be genuinely transformative — but only if AI is directed carefully, evidence is verified and human judgement remains firmly in control.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

When a Child Says “No Contact”

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A child saying they do not want contact with a parent is important evidence — but it does not always answer the welfare question. This article examines PD12J, domestic abuse, indirect contact, Cafcass, wishes and feelings, contact breakdown and why understanding how a child reached their position can be just as important as recording the position itself.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

Putting Children First in Family Law | JSH Law

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“Putting children first” is easy to say. This article examines what it should require from parents, lawyers, Cafcass and the Family Court—while making clear that reducing conflict must never mean overlooking domestic abuse or safeguarding risk.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

Canada Is Treating Coercive Control as a Pattern — Are UK Family Courts Doing Enough?

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Canada is developing a striking three-layer legal response to coercive control across family, civil and criminal law. JSH Law examines what has actually changed, why social-media descriptions of a new “tier” of family violence need clarification, and what England and Wales can learn about patterns of abuse, children, post-separation control and family-court evidence.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

The JSH Law Legal Tech Test: Which Platforms Actually Improve Access to Justice?

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JSH Law launches a 100-point Legal Tech Test to examine whether legal platforms genuinely improve access to justice. Beginning with CaseCraft AI, the series will assess legal reliability, regulation, privacy, cost, human support and safeguarding—separating useful innovation from polished but potentially unsafe automation.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

Children, Character and Adult Responsibility: A JSH Law Response to Katharine Birbalsingh

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Katharine Birbalsingh’s speech asks an uncomfortable but necessary question: what are we actually teaching children about duty, responsibility, resilience and moral character? This JSH Law article looks at that question through the lens of family justice, safeguarding, children’s welfare, social media and adult accountability.