header-logo header-logo

08 June 2021
Categories: Legal News , Family , Profession
printer mail-detail

LNB News: New members appointed to Family Procedure Rule Committee

The Lord Chancellor has announced five appointments to the Family Procedure Rule Committee (FPRC) and the reappointment of one member. 

Lexis®Library update: Tony McGovern has been appointed as a solicitor member (from 1 August 2020 to 31 July 2023) and Bill Turner as a lay member (from 4 November 2019 to 3 November 2022). Three new practitioner members have been appointed, Poonam Bhari, Graeme Fraser and Rhys Taylor, for a period of three years from 1 March 2021. The Lord Chancellor has also reappointed Melanie Carew as the Cafcass nominated member for a second two-year term from 1 December 2020. The FPRC makes rules of court that govern the practice and procedure followed in family proceedings in the High Court and the Family Court.

For a list of all FPRC members see here.

Source: Five members appointed to Family Procedure Rule Committee and one member reappointed

This content was first published by LNB News / Lexis®Library, a LexisNexis® company, on 7 June 2021 and is published with permission. Further information can be found at: www.lexisnexis.co.uk.

Categories: Legal News , Family , Profession
printer mail-details

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Firm strengthens global fund finance practice with London partner hire.

DWF—Stephen Webb

DWF—Stephen Webb

Partner and head of national planning team appointed

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

Corporate team expands in Birmingham with partner hire

NEWS
The High Court’s refusal to recognise a prolific sperm donor as a child’s legal parent has highlighted the risks of informal conception arrangements, according to Liam Hurren, associate at Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ
A simple phrase like ‘subject to references’ may not protect employers as much as they think. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, analyses recent employment cases showing how conditional job offers can still create binding contracts

An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ

Medical reporting organisation fees have become ‘the final battleground’ in modern costs litigation, says Kris Kilsby, costs lawyer at Peak Costs and council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers, in this week's NLJ
back-to-top-scroll