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Henry Hood discusses further developments in the interaction between bankruptcy & divorce cases

Is the sharing of overseas pensions now at an end, asks Kerry Fretwell

There is no general principle that a child should be summarily returned where one parent moves them from their home to another place in England & Wales, says Claire Sanders

David Burrows discusses anonymity for children & others involved in family proceedings in his final article on contempt

The variety of application of the laws of contempt are explained by David Burrows in the first of two articles on contempt in court

David Burrows reports on clarity, fairness & the judgment summons procedure

Kate Molan reviews helpful new guidance to protect the anonymity of children in the family courts

Geraldine Morris considers when applications within financial remedy proceedings should be heard separately

Cohabitating couples do not have the same rights as married couples & cannot rely on protection from “common law marriage”, says Sarah Greer

Re L (a child) (jurisdiction) [2016] EWCA Civ 821, [2016] All ER (D) 67 (Sep)

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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
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
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
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