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04 April 2012
Issue: 7509 / Categories: Features , Civil way
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Civil way: 6 April 2012

They're over. The trek to the commissioner for oaths, or the court officer empowered to administer, and the privilege of paying for the experience of swearing at them....

LAWYERS PIN MONEY SLASHED

They're over. The trek to the commissioner for oaths, or the court officer empowered to administer, and the privilege of paying for the experience of swearing at them. Yes, finally, and with much rejoicing, the affidavit disappears for the written evidence in support of applications for undefended divorce, nullity, judicial separation and civil partnership dissolutions and separations. Instead, a statement in support with a statement of truth will do nicely, thank you very much. That's from today, 6 April, with the Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2012 (SI 2012/679) (FPAR) coming into force along with amended practice directions, which were due for publication today. In future, forms D80A-G, which have been reprinted with a statement of truth section, become and are renamed, statements rather than affidavits in support. Form Eóalready described as a financial statement which is required on applications for a financial remedy including a remedy after
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Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

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NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
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