Courts Modernisation Bill

Victims come first in new justice law

Why linked: News announcement on Victims and Courts Bill receiving Royal Assent – relevant as it signals recent courts/justice legislation and may inform or align with modernisation programme

Victims and Courts Bill receives Royal Assent to become law.

Courts and Tribunals Bill — Press notices: Courts and Tribunals: call for evidence

Government moves to protect children from abusive parents through new Courts and Tribunals Bill

Why linked: MoJ news announcement framing the Clause 17 repeal as a child-protection measure; speaks directly to the Bill's launch.

Children will be better protected from abusive parents as the Government moves to abolish the presumption of parental involvement in the new Courts and Tribunal Bill – a landmark piece of legislation to fix the justice system after years of …

Family Justice: Better Protections for Children

Why linked: HLWS976 'Family Justice: Better Protections for Children' (22 October 2025) — the written ministerial statement announcing Clause 17's policy intention.

UIN: HLWS976 I am pleased to announce today that the Government will repeal the presumption of parental involvement when Parliamentary time allows.Section 1(1) of the Children Act 1989 states that the child’s welfare shall be the court’s paramount consideration when …