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22 February 2010
Issue: 7405 / Categories: Legal News
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Recession fuels family stress

The number of legal disputes over children received by client introduction firm Contact Law jumped 49% in January

The number of legal disputes over children received by client introduction firm Contact Law jumped 49% in January (from 373 in December to 557 in January) as the recession and the stressful Christmas season combined to exacerbate tensions between divorced parents.

Dan Watkins, director of Contact Law, says: “Just as we have seen an increase in divorce proceedings initiated after the Christmas period we are also seeing other family law disputes take a similar seasonal pattern.”

Issue: 7405 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Anthony Collins—William Hallett & Lorna Scully

Anthony Collins—William Hallett & Lorna Scully

Anthony Collins hires two talented legal directors

Switalskis—five appointments

Switalskis—five appointments

Firm expands national abuse compensation team

Mathys & Squire—nine promotions

Mathys & Squire—nine promotions

IP firm announces new partners and senior promotions across UK offices

NEWS
A High Court ruling has sent a jolt through the legal profession after a newly qualified solicitor used an internal AI tool to produce court correspondence containing a fabricated legal citation
A significant data privacy ruling has clarified what counts as valid consent under UK data protection law
Executors may be overlooking billions of pounds in estate assets hidden in forgotten investments and misplaced share certificates
Britain’s booming non-surgical cosmetics market is operating in what some critics describe as a regulatory ‘Wild West’
Family contact disputes are becoming an increasingly prominent feature of Court of Protection litigation
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