Month: June 2021

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 […]Read More

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 […]Read More

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 […]Read More

The Legal Services Board (LSB) urges legal regulators to do more to understand what is and is not working to improve the diversity and inclusion in the sector and focus on what is making a meaningful difference for professionals and consumers. This follows the LSB’s publication of the independent report it commissioned from the Bridge […]Read More

  The day of a law firm office manager is a busy one. In addition to making sure that the day-to-day things run smoothly, you’re also expected to be the face of the firm and the person making sure both staff and clients are happy and well taken care of. If the above description sounds […]Read More