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LNB news: HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) announce transition period after the online divorce service becomes mandatory on 13 September 2021
From 13 September pursuant to Family Procedure Rules 2010 Practice Direction 36X legal representatives must submit applications for divorce online, using MyHMCTS rather than the paper Form D8
16 August 2021
Compulsory ADR: a mirage...? Premium Content
David Burrows laments the opportunities missed in the Civil Justice Council’s recent report on compulsory ADR
06 August 2021 / David Burrows
Giving Back: AlphaBiolabs makes charity gifts for every law firm instruction
Testing laboratory AlphaBiolabs has chosen four charities for the first round of its Giving Back donations
04 August 2021
Marriage law: something old, something new? Premium Content
It is high time for marriage laws in England & Wales to be brought up to date for the modern era, says Ruth Oyelakin
30 July 2021 / Ruth Oyelakin
NLJ this week: Marriage guidance
It’s wedding season and loved-up couples around the country are busy organising COVID-compliant ceremonies and celebrations
30 July 2021
CAFCASS at capacity
CAFCASS has reached the upper limit of its capacity to take on cases, according to Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division
13 July 2021
Courts are re-traumatising abuse victims
The Family Court and criminal justice process is leaving domestic abuse survivors traumatised, a report commissioned by the Domestic Abuse Commissioner has found
06 July 2021
Divorcing farmers—married to the farm? Premium Content
Hannah Porter explains why there can be so many complications for divorcing farming couples
02 July 2021 / Hannah Porter
NLJ this week: Divorce is harder for farmers―particularly post-Brexit
Dividing up the assets and income after a farming couple divorce is always hard but Brexit uncertainty has made it almost impossible, Hannah Porter, associate solicitor, The Family Law Company, writes in this week’s NLJ
02 July 2021
Family courts in crisis
Lawyers have highlighted the heartache behind devastating family court statistics
01 July 2021
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NLJ this week: Redrawing boundaries for fiduciary duties and motor finance claims
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
NLJ this week: BBC’s open justice bid fails in care proceedings
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
NLJ this week: Parliamentary privilege—shield or sword?
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
NLJ this week: Litigation funding must serve justice, not failure
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
NLJ this week: AI’s digital associates reshape legal practice
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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