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Survey on remote justice in the family courts
A follow-up survey to gauge how well remote hearings are working in the family courts has been launched by the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane
10 September 2020
Anthony Gold solicitors: Webinar on weddings
Anthony Gold solicitors will hold a webinar on ‘Weddings: the new normal’ on 1 October at 12pm
10 September 2020
Family: The surrogacy journey Premium Content
Fiona Lyon discusses the legal & practical steps for modern families in surrogacy arrangements
02 September 2020 / Fiona Lyon
Family justice post COVID-19: the road to recovery Premium Content
Ingenuity & resilience have helped to ensure justice for many families in lockdown but a coherent recovery plan is essential to protect the most vulnerable, as Graeme Fraser explains
01 September 2020 / Graeme Fraser
Family justice―what’s the plan?
A coherent recovery plan is required to address the rising backlog of family cases, including an ‘unprecedented level of children law applications’ and a sharp increase in domestic abuse injunctions, a family lawyer writes for NLJ.
20 August 2020
Resolution: Training to ease pandemic woes
Family lawyers organisation Resolution has launched a jumbo training package to ease its members through lockdown
12 August 2020
The Family Court of the Future Premium Content
Remote hearings, video hearings or no hearing at all? Sheena Cassidy Hope considers how the family courts might evolve
12 August 2020 / Sheena Cassidy Hope
A matter of fact(s): fact-finding hearings in private children proceedings Premium Content
Fact-finding hearings in private children proceedings: an overview, by Kim Beatson & Victoria Brown
22 July 2020 / Victoria Rylatt (formerly Brown) / Kim Beatson
Villiers divorce: a north-south divide
A Scottish divorce case in the Supreme Court could have ramifications for separating couples south of the border
01 July 2020
No-fault divorce (not quite yet)
Three decades of campaigning for no-fault divorce came to fruition last week after the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill cleared its final parliamentary hurdles
23 June 2020
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Court delays weigh heavily on children
Chronic delays, duplication of work, cancelled hearings and inefficiencies in the family law courts are letting children and victims of domestic abuse down, a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) inquiry has found
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
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