We have certainly had a turbulent ride in 2020 with the pandemic causing unprecedented chaos and disruption and changing the legal landscape. Today’s Family Lawyer asked professionals and organisations in the industry their predictions for 2021 – Read More
For obvious reasons, there is a prevailing and overwhelmingly negative view of 2020 and how it has impacted families and the legal system that has been designed to protect them. Despite this, there have been positive Read More
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has published annual reports on the performance of the eight legal services regulatory bodies. Each organisation regulates different types of lawyers and carries out its responsibilities in different ways. Nevertheless, Read More
News that international law firms operating in France as UK limited liability partnerships (LLPs) will be able to continue practising at the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December without restructuring was welcomed by Read More
Everyone at Today’s Family Lawyer would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. We thank you for all of your support during this year. We wish you many happy returns and all of the Read More
No-one could have predicted this year and how it has turned out and I am sure I speak for many that it is a year that we would be happy to see the back of. Read More
Is it really too easy to get a divorce in England and Wales? Mr Ayeh-Kumi seems to think so, as it has recently been reported that he has launched legal action in the High Court Read More
Cafcass’ Annual Report and Accounts for 2019-20 provides a summary to Parliament and the public on their activity for the financial year, including their work, their aspirations and their performance. Cafcass said: “Our Annual Report Read More
The Covid-19 pandemic brought with it disruption to all walks of life. This has certainly been the case in respect of international surrogacy arrangements where surrogates, intended parents and the children born to such arrangements, Read More
The Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) will be introduced on 1 September 2021. The purpose of this exam is to enable more people to gain access into the legal profession by replacing traditional routes into law. The Solicitor’Read More
This article was co-written by Sean Hilton, Senior Associate and James Lister, Partner at Stevens & Bolton LLP The events of this year have had wide-ranging consequences, some of which are yet to be felt Read More
As more and more legal service processes are being digitised, the need to protect client’s personal data is becoming more important. To help keep their systems safe and secure, HMCTS have introduced multi-factor authentication Read More
Knowledge is power, and having this essential tool is a key factor when it comes to family law. The language involved can often seem intimidatory and can leave people feeling confused, frightened, and even excluded Read More
The Ministry of Justice have released the latest family court statistics from July to September 2020. Jan Galloway, Partner at Moore Barlow commented on the statistics. She said: “It’s a sad reality of Covid that Read More
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has extended the furlough scheme for an extra one month until the end of April next year. Rishi said the move would provide “certainty for millions of jobs and businesses”. The further Read More
Today, 17 December, the Competition Markets Authority (CMA) has published the findings of its review of the legal services in England and Wales. The review has found that the legal profession has made some positive advancements Read More
Family practitioners said the Financial Remedy Service on MyHMCTS online plays a key role in simplifying and improving the divorce process. HM Courts and Tribunal Services (HMCTS) have revealed that more than 10,000 consent applications for Read More
Ampla Finance have brought in a wealth of experience from the consumer funding landscape to the legal sector. Since the successful launch of their Family service, aimed at providing funding for the Family Law sector, Read More
Public premises to be used as Nightingale courtrooms are due to open in the new year. An additional nine more Nightingale courtrooms will open their doors at the end of January, which sees libraries, theatres Read More
A ‘private’ FDR hearing may sound like something created for high net worth divorcing couples, but that is not the case. It can be of great benefit to all divorcing couples. There are a number Read More