On the 9th November I produced an article on legal aid within family law and considered the findings from a recent Council of Europe study which found that the UK is Europe’s legal aid capital and the third highest out of nearly 50 countries analysed. In the article, I focused on how the process of […]Read More
On 30 November 2020 family law practitioners across the UK will support ‘Good Divorce Week’. Good Divorce Week aims to highlight the importance of reducing conflict upon separation, of taking early advice so that options are better understood and of putting the interests of children first. Working in this way means that separating parents are […]Read More
Integrated Disputed Resolution (IDR) is pleased to have won the ‘Innovation of the Year’ award for their subsidiary company; Family Online Mediation and Arbitration Service (FOMAS) at the prestigious Lexis Nexis Family Law Awards 2020 on the 25 November. IDR’s subsidiary, FOMAS, was set up in 2019 and makes alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in family […]Read More
Risk and compliance consultancy Legal Eye is launching an online resource centre for law firms. The hub provides a comprehensive bank of resources to help COLPs, COFAs, partners, directors and managers to manage risk. It includes precedent policy and procedure documents and templates, access to online training on a range of risk and compliance topics, […]Read More
A new report by the Legal Services Board (LSB) gives an in-depth review of the legal services sector following ten years of independent regulation. The State of Legal Services 2020 report is informed by data, evidence and conversations with a wide range of individuals and organisations over the last six months and research by the […]Read More
Health Secretary Matt Hancock sets out tougher rules for England’s new coronavirus tier system. As we come out of the second lockdown in a bid to protect vital services in the fight against the virus, Hancock confirmed that most of England will now be in the two toughest levels of measures when lockdown ends. After […]Read More
Today’s Family Lawyer talk to Nigel Shepherd, twice former chair of Resolution, consultant and financial arbitrator at national law firm Mills & Reeve and now an adviser in the family law litigation funding sector where he is currently working with Ampla Finance. Is it more difficult to get litigation funding in the current climate? The […]Read More
Today’s Family Lawyer is delighted to welcome on board 3 new businesses who have chosen to partner with the publication and showcase their products and services to the readership. Bath Publishing, the most recent organisation to partner with the publication, has a long history of working with and supporting family lawyers, through its work on […]Read More
The gov.uk website has released guidance to family law practitioners about how to deal with family disputes involving the EU following the end of the UK’s transition period out of the European Union. The guidance covers: Divorce Maintenance International parental child abduction Parental responsibility (child cases) Placement of children The guidance is available here and […]Read More
In these strange times, people are taking stock and thinking about what really matters to them. This may lead to decisions being made about their relationship status, i.e. decisions being made to separate, stay together or getting engaged, or due to fewer weddings taking place, postponing marriage until some point in the future ‘when all […]Read More
HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has confirmed the dates over the Christmas and new year period in which Crown Courts, magistrates’ courts, County and Family Courts, the Royal Courts of Justice and the Rolls Building, and tribunals will remain closed. The courts will remain closed on: • Thursday 24 December 2020 • Friday 25 […]Read More
Cafcass has published guidance which outlines how arrangements are to be made for social workers to see children and families, work in the Cafcass offices and attend court during the enduring crisis associated with Covid-19. This guidance replaces the Covid-19 protocols which were published in July and summarises Cafcass’ approach to working with children and […]Read More
Resolution was represented on the working group and played an active part in the consultation and preparation of the final report of the Working Group on Medical Experts in the Family Courts which has now been published. President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, said: “In recent years it has become increasingly difficult for […]Read More
The Office of National Statistics latest annual divorce numbers and rates in England and Wales reveal an 18% rise in divorces in 2019. It has certainly been a turbulent year in family law due to the pandemic which has seemingly been directly responsible for an impending surge in the divorce rate in the UK. New […]Read More
The Government have today (18 November 2020) announced they will give a major funding boost for victims of rape and domestic abuse due to those working in the services enduring greater demand this winter. Nearly £11 million will go towards a range of services offering practical and emotional help – allowing organisations to recruit more […]Read More
In the recent Supreme Court case of Villiers v Villiers where a Scottish husband had lodged a writ for divorce in Scotland but his wife, now habitually resident in England, issued a financial claim against him in England and Wales was able to pursue her claim, being so permitted under the current EU law, was […]Read More
There’s been much debate about clients – in particular those who are parents – having concerns with the way cases are managed in a virtual court set up. A study carried out in September by the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory received more than 1,300 responses, with 88% of parents concerned about how their case was […]Read More
The Office of National Statistics publishes the latest annual statistics on formations and dissolutions of civil partnerships in England and Wales. It’s fast approaching a year since civil partnerships were extended to opposite-sex couples on 2nd December 2019 after having historically been only for same-sex couples, The judgement allowed opposite-sex couples to form a civil partnership, […]Read More
Fegans, a charity which provides professional children’s counselling and parenting support services, has welcomed a report published today by the Family Solutions Group which calls for a radical change in how parents separate in the UK to better protect children. “We whole-heartedly welcome this report from the Family Solutions Group which puts children first and […]Read More
New Research has revealed that lockdown has helped marriages whereas divorce lawyers have never been busier – but which is it? The unprecedented pandemic has reshaped personal relationships by forcing us to live in each other pockets but according to Marriage Foundation it has actually been good for marriages. A new report by the Marriage […]Read More
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