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Graham Lyons shares his reservations about the future of mediation in an open letter to the Rt Hon Simon Hughes MP*

Kirstie Gibson considers the report of the Family Mediation Task Force & the Ministry of Justice’s response

Q v Q [2014] EWFC 31, [2014] All ER (D) 40 (Aug)

Re X (Adopted Child: Access To Court File) [2014] EWFC 33, [2014] All ER (D) 62 (Sep)

How can you protect shares in a family business on divorce, asks Anna Heenan

David Burrows considers family proceedings & the “open justice principle”

Family practitioners must always have one eye on the court’s overriding objective, says Ed Heaton

A recent case sends a warning to any parent who suspects the other of sexual abuse, as Jonathan Herring reports

Family mediation services are in decline & in need of urgent reform, says Graham Lyons

Lehna Hewitt examines the court’s approach to financial provision following an overseas divorce

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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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