Today’s Family Lawyer recently reported on Re C (Lay Advocates) and on ‘lay advocates’ (surely a misnomer?) it touched on a tricky issue: funding of special measures in family proceedings and the fact that Read More
Non-lawyer preparation of a consent order The extent to which a non-lawyer (called ‘amicable’ – all lower case) can help a couple jointly to prepare and file a financial consent order application has been explained by Read More
Response to consultation D-day for replies to the consultation report of the Working Group on Medical Experts in the Family Courts of the President of the Family Division is 31 January 2020. Consultation questions are on page 53 Read More
The story of Prince Harry and Meghan Markel (the ‘Sussexes’) and their life with the English media, prompts reflections on the law of press freedom and privacy as derived from common law, prompted by European Read More
TKF, as he is known, moved to live in Northern Ireland leaving his wife (from whom he had separated in about 1998) and two sons then aged seven and one. His wife claimed child support maintenance Read More
- Family law update – changes to Family Procedure Rules strengthening non-court dispute resolution
- The importance of performance management over appraisals
- Factors influencing organisations’ decisions to bring cases to the civil and family courts
- High profile firm support lawyer after online divorce mistake
- Paedophiles could be stripped of parental rights after mother spent £30K to protect young daughter
- The ‘Pathfinder’ Court for children – a hindrance or opportunity?
- Divorce in decline – marital bliss or a harsher reality?
- Coercive and Controlling Behaviour – Where Are We?
- Ofsted report of Court advisory ‘outstanding’
