Family mediation – challenges and opportunities in a pandemic

The past year has caused each of us to reflect on what is most important in our lives. Family. Friends. Freedom. It has also made us look forward, to life post-pandemic; and this, along with the pressures of lockdown, home-schooling, and everything else 2020 had to chuck at us, has understandably resulted in lots of […]
Too early to think about PII renewals?

Our ‘Technical Corner’ brings you information that will help you to continue to grow and develop in your career. This month’s technical corner article comes from Paul Saunders, Managing Director at Legal Eye If you have any questions for our panel of experts, please submit them using the contact form below. We will publish the […]
Guidance on online financial remedy services

HM Courts and Tribunal Services have provided online financial remedy services guides for family law professionals. The guides describes the steps on how to use online financial remedy services using MyHMCTS platform. These guides describe the steps you need to use for financial remedy. The two guides provided are: Onboarding guidance – consent Onboarding guidance […]
Parental disputes over childhood vaccinations

Now that we are in lockdown 3, many separated parents have managed to establish a routine and ground rules to enable their children to move between their two homes, perhaps even between two countries. However, the roll out of the vaccine brings a potential new area of dispute, which the family court dealt with recently […]
Guidance for all court and tribunal users during outbreak

HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and Ministry of Justice (MoJ) have provided advice and guidance for all court and tribunal users during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Contents include: -HMCTS response to coronavirus outbreak -Working towards recovery -Coming to court or tribunal during the coronavirus outbreak -Getting advice -Assessing and managing coronavirus risk -Public Health experts […]