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How should family lawyers work with clients who lose or lack capacity?

Divorce & family breakdown are often accompanied by mental health problems. Nicola Beasley explains how family lawyers can work with clients who lack or lose capacity

The recent case of footballer Kyle Walker and his girlfriend Lauryn Goodman is a useful illustration of the approach the courts will take in financial provision cases where the parties have not been married, write Samantha Farndale, partner at Stowe Family Law, and Tara Lyons, barrister at Pump Court Chambers, in this week’s NLJ

Samantha Farndale & Tara Lyons analyse two Schedule 1 cases, both showing the court’s focus on needs in relation to financial provision for children
Could this be an end to the wash-spin-repeat of financial remedies litigation? Nicholas Fairbank considers the decision in Ma v Roux

A recent case could have significant implications for the wash-spin-repeat cycle of financial remedies litigation, as Nicholas Fairbank, barrister at 4PB, explains in this week’s NLJ

Victoria Rylatt & Sarah Hughes provide a review of recent cases dealing with child relocation both inside & outside the jurisdiction
Child relocation cases ‘remain difficult and finely balanced’, Victoria Rylatt and Sarah Hughes, Anthony Gold Solicitors, write in this week’s NLJ
Jane Chanot warns of the dangers of unexplored assumptions in contact cases

‘Parental alienation’ is a term familiar to all professionals involved in child contact cases―but is it being too quickly applied or used as a default position? Could it mask possible welfare issues?

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Weightmans—Jason Slatcher

Weightmans—Jason Slatcher

Weightmans appoint new Chief Technology Officer

Mishcon de Reya—trainees

Mishcon de Reya—trainees

Mishcon de Reya announces trainee retention rate of 86%

Sackers—Charlotte Adams & Fraser Sutton

Sackers—Charlotte Adams & Fraser Sutton

Sackers welcomes two new Graduate Solicitor Apprentices

NEWS
LexisNexis will mark the 80th anniversary of Shawcross and Beaumont on Air Law with a live podcast exploring the evolution of aviation law from the Chicago Convention to the challenges facing modern aerospace, taking place on Tuesday 29 September
Harmony Christian Ministries is the latest charity to benefit from a £500 donation from AlphaBiolabs via the company’s Giving Back initiative
Indemnity costs remain exceptional, but parties cannot ignore a case that deteriorates around them. In Lawrence v Associated Newspapers, Mr Justice Nicklin ordered the claimants to pay indemnity costs after finding their conduct, viewed cumulatively, fell ‘well outside the norm’
Public law is in flux following reversals and robust appellate intervention, according to the latest public law update by the team at HSFK for NLJ
Neurotechnology is turning the human mind into an operational domain, exposing gaps in the laws of war
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