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06 June 2025 / Ellie Hampson-Jones , Carla Ditz
Issue: 8119 / Categories: Features , Family , Divorce , Child law
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Family law brief: June 2025

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In this instalment of their quarterly NLJ update, Ellie Hampson-Jones & Carla Ditz analyse three notable cases, plus recent developments in family law
  • This update considers three recent reported cases, as well as two important developments in family law, namely, guidance for judges when writing to children, and an upcoming public consultation on the instruction of unregulated experts in children proceedings.

Vince v Vince [2024] EWFC 389

There has been much publicity in the legal and national press about the publication in December of two judgments in the matter of Dale and Kate Vince. This is not the first time Mr Vince has been the subject of high-profile court proceedings; many will have first come across the green energy entrepreneur in the 2015 Supreme Court proceedings brought by his former wife, Kathleen Wyatt.

The present proceedings occurred following the breakdown of Mr Vince’s marriage to Kate Vince. The parties were married in February 2006, but there was some debate in this case as to when the parties’

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Thomson Hayton Winkley—Jordan Wallace

Thomson Hayton Winkley—Jordan Wallace

Thomson Hayton Winkley strengthens family law team

Ward Hadaway—Barnaby Rosenthall

Ward Hadaway—Barnaby Rosenthall

Construction lawyer returns to Ward Hadaway in Teesside role

Bird & Bird—Shahin Baghaei

Bird & Bird—Shahin Baghaei

Bird Bird hires leading legal transformation expert

NEWS
Legal aid deserts leave almost one in four without adequate access to justice
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has warned solicitors and law firms that using artificial intelligence does not alter their professional obligations, amid concerns over inaccurate legal material and client confidentiality
From forgotten interest claims to case-management appeals, a string of procedural developments offers useful—and occasionally cautionary—lessons for practitioners

Jonathan Fisher KC highlights that it now accounts for around 40% of criminal offences, with roughly 70% involving technology, and argues that the UK cannot simply prosecute its way out of the problem. Detection, investigation and prosecution all require improvement, while different fraud types demand tailored responses.

How forcefully can a litigant criticise a public authority before robust advocacy crosses the line into unreasonable conduct? 
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