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The area of pensions and divorce is full of ‘elephant traps’, and family lawyers could face a rise in negligence cases unless they get to grips with it, the co-author of a good practice guide has warned. 
Focusing on the short-term financial needs of clients on divorce can often be to the detriment of their longer-term financial security—but are family lawyers prepared to engineer the drive towards fairness & a pension sharing revolution? Grania Langdon-Down reports
Nearly one third of individuals involved in a divorce or civil partnership dissolution dealt with the proceedings themselves from start to finish, consumer research shows.

Graeme Fraser shares ten family law priorities with the new Lord Chancellor…for when Parliament returns

Increase in number of cohabiting families underscores need for reform
With the work of the Pension Advisory Group being published recently, LexisNexis and Mathieson Consulting are keen to hear the personal views of family law fee earners concerning the engagement of pensions experts for financial settlements.
The number of court disputes between divorcing couples over money has risen 20% to 3,176 cases in the past year.
"To see how valuable this book is in pulling together all aspects relating to trusts in matrimonial proceedings you just have to consider what all the 11 chapters cover"

James Copson addresses the allure & hidden dangers of offsetting

How long can a spouse or civil partner wait to take financial proceedings? David Burrows sifts the evidence

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Firm strengthens global fund finance practice with London partner hire.

DWF—Stephen Webb

DWF—Stephen Webb

Partner and head of national planning team appointed

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

Corporate team expands in Birmingham with partner hire

NEWS
The High Court’s refusal to recognise a prolific sperm donor as a child’s legal parent has highlighted the risks of informal conception arrangements, according to Liam Hurren, associate at Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ
A simple phrase like ‘subject to references’ may not protect employers as much as they think. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, analyses recent employment cases showing how conditional job offers can still create binding contracts

An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ

Medical reporting organisation fees have become ‘the final battleground’ in modern costs litigation, says Kris Kilsby, costs lawyer at Peak Costs and council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers, in this week's NLJ
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