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In the first of a two-part series, Kim Beatson & Victoria Brown provide an expert guide to split hearings
In the first of a two-part series, family lawyers Kim Beatson and Victoria Brown, of Anthony Gold, provide a cut out and keep guide to fact finding hearings in private children hearings

Survivors and children are being ‘let down and retraumatised’ by their experiences in the family courts, the Domestic Abuse Commissioner, Nicole Jacobs has said

The Domestic Abuse Commissioner has published a report on the proposals for the establishment of the monitoring mechanism
Open justice is the default position for all civil proceedings & should be high on any family courts reformer’s list, says David Burrows
Family law solicitor advocate David Burrows takes aim at Sir Andrew McFarlane’s recent report on transparency in the family courts, in this week’s NLJ
The winners of the LexisNexis Family Law Awards 2021 have received their gongs at a do in the Bloomsbury Big Top, with Peter Jones of Jones Myers awarded the prestigious Cornell Award for outstanding contribution
Hannah Gumbrill-Ward shares the pros & cons of the use of arbitration in family proceedings
Norman Hartnell discusses the current delays in court & how mediation could help relieve the situation
NLJ shines a spotlight on dispute resolution in family cases this week, with a double helping of writing on the topic
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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