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His Honour Judge Hess has issued a message for users of the London Financial Remedies Court (FRC) regarding operational changes that take effect in January 2023.

Falling out and making up again—what happens when a couple get divorced then reconcile? Writing in this week’s NLJ, family law solicitor-advocate and NLJ columnist, David Burrows looks at the legal implications of this rom-com scenario.

Getting back together? David Burrows examines the setting aside of divorce orders where a couple has reconciled

HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has added the ability for solicitors to archive draft cases on the MyHMCTS portal where the case is in pre-submission stage and is no longer required.

HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) has confirmed that the enhancement to the MyHMCTS online contested financial remedy service, which enables solicitor users to add barristers to online cases on which they are instructed, is now live.

HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has issued 'hints and tips' for practitioners when emailing the Courts and Tribunals Service Centre (CTSC), including the correct email addresses for proceedings issued before the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (DDSA 2020) came into force (divorcecase@justice.gov.uk) and proceedings issued after DDSA 2020 came into force (contactdivorce@justice.gov.uk).

Caroline Bowden offers tools & insight to help family law professionals speak with children

A ‘one lawyer, two clients’ model for family law cases has been launched by family law organisation, Resolution, with the backing of the president of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane.

Divorce applications have multiplied since the ‘no fault’ measures came into force on 6 April 2022, under the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020, HM Courts and Tribunals figures show

The Court of Appeal has ordered Charles Villiers to pay his ex-wife, Emma £10,000 per year, in what Tatler magazine dubbed ‘Britain’s most bitter divorce’

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Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton

Chair of the Association of Pension Lawyers joins as partner

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NLJ this week: Renters’ Rights revolution begins—brace for tribunal chaos

The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC

NLJ this week: Civil procedure gets a spring overhaul

Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation

NLJ this week: Why GP complaints are going nowhere

Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group

NLJ this week: Prenups meet a jurisdictional brick wall

A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision

NLJ this week: Has Rylands v Fletcher come back from the dead?

An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading

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Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton

Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan

Blake Morgan—four promotions