Legal News

The Family Court Transparency Implementation Group (TIG) established by the President of the Family Division to bring about the changes proposed in his review of Transparency in the Family Court has published its first progress report.

Criminal law barristers have voted to suspend their strike action, following a revised offer from the justice secretary, but warned the dispute would not be resolved until the offer was implemented.

A ‘one lawyer, two clients’ model for family law cases has been launched by family law organisation, Resolution, with the backing of the president of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has opened its consultation on a post-SIF indemnity scheme.

Young people (aged 18-25) in England and Wales are coming under ‘intense pressure’ to plead guilty to crimes without fully understanding the consequences, a report by criminal justice watchdog Fair Trials has found.

Lawyers feeling stressed, burnt out or depressed are encouraged to contact the charity, LawCare this week, as the profession marks World Mental Health Day (10 October). 

Juliet Harvey, national chair of family law organisation Resolution, gave an address at the Family Practice Conference in Nottingham on 7 October 2022 in which she highlighted the 'desperate state' of the family courts, which she described as 'underfunded and understaffed' with increasing delays and backlogs and statistics that show that the average period from the date of a divorce/dissolution petition/application to decree absolute/final order is now 56 weeks, up seven weeks from the same time last year. 

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has launched a consultation on the arrangements and rules for the SRA-run consumer protection scheme for post six-year negligence. 

The HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) contested financial remedy service team has issued guidance regarding online cases where a solicitor seeks to make multiple general applications in a contested financial remedy case.