Today’s Family Lawyer set to host conference on cohabitation
Today’s Family Lawyer, the leading source of daily news and information for family lawyers in England and Wales, is pleased to announce it is hosting a small conference focused on cohabitation law reform on 1st February next year. Set to take place in Manchester, the event – which is the first in a series of […]
Family Court delays laid bare by new data
Family Court delays continued to worsen in the third quarter of 2022 despite case numbers remaining relatively steady, new data has revealed. Most timeliness measures have seen increases from the same period in 2021, and the average time taken for a private law case to get a final order granted is up over four weeks […]
Celebrating 100 years since the first female solicitor
“Men say the law is too rough and tumble for women, but I’ve had that in the permit office,” Carrie Morrison told the Dundee Telegraph in October 1922. Several weeks later on the 18th December 1922, she became the first woman admitted to the roll of solicitors in England and Wales. 100 years on, there […]
Happy Holidays from the Today’s Media team
As 2022 draws to a close, all of us at Today’s Media would like to extend the very warmest of wishes to all our readers, partners, contributors, and friends. In 2022, our popular Today’s publications have grown in their respective fields of expertise: conveyancing, wills and probate, and family law. They have been complemented by […]
Data reveals number of children looked after up 2% in 2022
The Department for Education has revealed the number of children looked after (CLA), in England up to March 2022, including adoptions, care leavers, and CLA who were missing. The data, which is collected from local authorities, has revealed that the number of CLA in England rose to 82,170, up 2% on last year and continues on […]
The Ombudsman’s Corner: 16th December 2022
In my last column, I explained how and why our Scheme Rules are changing on 1st April 2023, setting out the main changes – our time limits, our discretion to dismiss or discontinue complaints which are within our jurisdiction in certain circumstances, and the introduction of discretion to decline to pass a complaint onto an […]
Today’s Family Lawyer Podcast: 2022 Round-Up
2022 saw the launch of the Today’s Family Lawyer Podcast. In a short space of time it has already achieved nearly 300 downloads and dealt with issues as wide ranging as baby-loss awareness, cohabitation and “the good divorce.” In 2023 the podcast will continue to profile individuals and businesses in the family law community, raising […]
Proposal for EU regulation on parenthood and the creation of a European Certificate of Parenthood
The law of legal parenthood does not join up internationally. This, however, may change for EU member states (with the possible exception of Denmark) if the Council, after consulting the European Parliament, passes a proposed regulation. The European Commission recently produced a proposal for a regulation which seeks to provide legal certainty in the cross border […]
