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Geraldine Morris

Solicitor

Geraldine Morris is a solicitor and head of LexisPSL Family. Twitter: @GeraldineMorris

Solicitor

Geraldine Morris is a solicitor and head of LexisPSL Family. Twitter: @GeraldineMorris

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

Reform is a constant feature of the family justice system—Geraldine Morris questions whether the underlying issues are being addressed

Geraldine Morris considers when applications within financial remedy proceedings should be heard separately

Geraldine Morris looks at the newly elected government’s plans & the potential impact on family law

Geraldine Morris reviews the family law changes in 2014 & makes predictions for the year ahead

Geraldine Morris looks at the changes ahead for family law & predicts some new developments

Geraldine Morris tracks recent attempts to clarify cohabitation

Geraldine Morris assesses the implications of Prest on family law

Geraldine Morris examines the issues of occupation rent & equitable accounting in cohabitant cases

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Winckworth Sherwood—Tim Foley

Winckworth Sherwood—Tim Foley

Property litigation practice strengthened by partner hire

Kingsley Napley—Romilly Holland

Kingsley Napley—Romilly Holland

International arbitration team specialist joins the team

Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney

Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney

Set creates new client and business development role amid growth

NEWS
The rank of King’s Counsel (KC) has been awarded to 96 barristers, and no solicitors, in the latest silk round
Neurotechnology is poised to transform contract law—and unsettle it. Writing in NLJ this week, Harry Lambert, barrister at Outer Temple Chambers and founder of the Centre for Neurotechnology & Law, and Dr Michelle Sharpe, barrister at the Victorian Bar, explore how brain–computer interfaces could both prove and undermine consent
Comparators remain the fault line of discrimination law. In this week's NLJ, Anjali Malik, partner at Bellevue Law, and Mukhtiar Singh, barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, review a bumper year of appellate guidance clarifying how tribunals should approach ‘actual’ and ‘evidential’ comparators. A new six-stage framework stresses a simple starting point: identify the treatment first
In cross-border divorces, domicile can decide everything. In NLJ this week, Jennifer Headon, legal director and head of international family, Isobel Inkley, solicitor, and Fiona Collins, trainee solicitor, all at Birketts LLP, unpack a Court of Appeal ruling that re-centres nuance in jurisdiction disputes. The court held that once a domicile of choice is established, the burden lies on the party asserting its loss
Can a chief constable be held responsible for disobedient officers? Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth, professor of public law at De Montfort University, examines a Court of Appeal ruling that answers firmly: yes
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