Lawyers virtually celebrate #LegalPride2021
The legal professions of England and Wales – solicitors, barristers and CILEX lawyers – will again mark Pride virtually, with an ‘Untold Pride’ theme. The Law Society of England and Wales, the Bar Council of England and Wales and CILEX (The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) will encourage their members to tell their stories – […]
Highlights of Lord Chief Justice’s judiciary discussion
When giving evidence at Parliament’s Committee recently, the Lord Chief Justice discussed the effect of the pandemic on the courts, modernisation of the courts service, legal aid funding, judicial diversity and recruitment. Highlights from the evidence: On Covid-19 Lord Chief Justice said: “For all of us, it’s quite difficult to think back to the time […]
Cost Orders in Family Law : A costly business
Grainne Fahy, partner and IAFL fellow and Head of Family Law at BLM law firm talks about cost orders in family law, how compliance and failure to negotiate sensibly are causing issues where they didn’t in the past and the cost consequences for unnecessary litigation. There always seemed to be much less jeopardy in family […]
Financial Remedies : Reattribution Revisited
Stephen Murray, Barrister at 18 St John Street Chambers discusses the law of reattribution in financial remedies and how it may impact on a needs based. The law on reattribution used to be fairly clear and (importantly) unequivocal Martin v Martin [1976] 3 All ER 625 at 629 per Cairns LJ “another question which arose […]
