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Despite the 2022 reforms, separating couples may wait years for financial remedy proceedings to be concluded. Catherine Doherty Montanaro considers the implications

Time marches on, especially for ex-couples waiting for financial remedies proceedings. This creates difficulties

Are parties’ fundamental rights being overlooked by family courts? David Burrows delves into the weeds
Family lawyer and NLJ columnist David Burrows delves into the heady world of billionaire divorce this week with an in-depth look at the fascinating case of Potanina v Potanin [2024] UKSC 3
The courts have been using the wrong procedure for financial claims following a foreign divorce, the Supreme Court has held in a landmark ruling on so-called ‘divorce tourism’
Ministers have scrapped plans for compulsory mediation and will pilot early legal advice instead—a decision welcomed by family lawyers
Mani Singh Basi sheds light on a particularly sensitive area of family proceedings
David Burrows raises some questions about the Family Division’s open justice pilot scheme
Over the last few years, leading UK DNA, drug & alcohol testing provider AlphaBiolabs has donated to a number of charities working with some of the UK’s most vulnerable children and families
The family court reporting pilot, which began in Carlisle, Cardiff and Leeds a year ago, will be rolled out to a further 16 courts at the end of January
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

42BR Barristers—4 Brick Court

42BR Barristers—4 Brick Court

42BR Barristers to be joined by leading family law set, 4 Brick Court, this summer

Winckworth Sherwood—Rubianka Winspear

Winckworth Sherwood—Rubianka Winspear

Real estate and construction energy offering boosted by partner hire

Gateley Legal—Daniel Walsh

Gateley Legal—Daniel Walsh

Firm bolsters real estate team with partner hire in Birmingham

NEWS
A wave of housing and procedural reforms is set to test the limits of tribunal capacity. In his latest Civil Way column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold charts sweeping change as the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 begins biting
Plans to reduce jury trials risk missing the real problem in the criminal justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, David Wolchover of Ridgeway Chambers argues the crown court backlog is fuelled not by juries but weak cases slipping through a flawed ‘50%’ prosecution test
Emerging technologies may soon transform how courts determine truth in deeply personal disputes. In this week's NLJ, Madhavi Kabra of 1 Hare Court and Harry Lambert of Outer Temple Chambers explore how neurotechnology could reshape family law
A controversial protest case has reignited debate over the limits of free expression. In NLJ this week, Nicholas Dobson examines a Quran-burning incident testing public order law
The courts have drawn a firm line under attempts to extend arbitration appeals. Writing in NLJ this week, Masood Ahmed of the University of Leicester highlights that if the High Court refuses permission under s 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996, that is the end
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