Family

Lawyers have until 18 October to place their votes for this year’s Family Law Awards in the categories of Chartered Legal Executive of the Year, Clerking Team of the Year and Commentator of the Year. 

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has published its advice for the public on how cross-border family law cases may be impacted by Brexit. 

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

Judges should consider a child’s rights of ‘central concern’ when sentencing their mother to prison, MPs and Peers have said.

MPs have defeated a second attempt by the prime minister to trigger an October election, demanded the government adhere to the rule of law and backed a motion calling for the publication of government communications relating to the prorogation of Parliament and the government’s own Operation Yellowhammer plans for a no-deal Brexit.

Laws governing the release of court material to non-parties in civil cases post Cape Intermediate are clear, but has the decision moved transparency laws forward for family proceedings? David Burrows reports

The court’s unpredictable approach means alternative resolution could be the logical choice, argue Kim Beatson & Victoria Brown