Legal Futures – The big CPR decisions of 2023
Legal Futures presents their webinar on The big CPR decisions of 2023. Available from 16/01/2024 Professor Dominic Reagan 2023 has roared by. There have been important rulings in a range of areas that go to the heart of both winning your cases and then getting paid. And that’s before implementation of the drastic new fixed […]
No more ‘Old Skool’
Those of us who have represented children often in the Family courts are used to the phrase “gillick competent , which of course refers to any under 16 year-old who has the capacity to make a relevant decision (‘subject matter competence’). Children of course (not just adults) have Article 8 ECHR Human Rights ( a […]
Family Mediation Week 2024
Family Mediation Week is taking place between the 22nd and 26th January 2024. What do we know about mediation? The strongest predictor of the divorcing couples using mediation was having used a lawyer: ‘28 per cent of those using a lawyer tried mediation, compared with just 11 per cent of those who had not.’ Fair […]
IVF Hurdles
The advancement of science and technology has created options with IVF treatment enabling more couples than ever to start a family. However, there are issues with accessing this treatment. There are additional hurdles and costs for those in a same-sex couple to overcome. These hurdles have created an inequality between same-sex and heterosexual couples, making […]
British Family Law Awards Host Announcement
Today’s Family Lawyer is pleased to announce the host of the British Family Law Awards 2024. Joanna Gosling will be hosting our British Family Law Awards on Thursday 25th January 2024, in Bristol. It isn’t too late to purchase your ticket and come along. We at Today’s Family Lawyer are so excited to have Joanna […]
Tackling predatory marriages – a game of whack-a-mole
‘Look how far you’ve come’ is the cutting barb thrown by Marcia Roy, wife of media mogul Logan, at Willa, girlfriend of Connor Roy, in HBO’s Succession. Willa’s retort of ‘Well look at us both, right’, is a wry acknowledgment of their shared status in the family as ‘gold diggers’. While Logan and Connor are […]
How can law firms enhance their ESG efforts and meet the evolving expectations of clients?
“How important is a law firm’s approach to sustainability?” As ethical considerations and sustainable practices become increasingly crucial for both clients and businesses, the legal sector finds itself under scrutiny for more than just its ability to provide a slick service to clients. Asking clients and potential clients to weigh in on this matter, the […]
Insight, opinion and innovation; Today’s Family Lawyer Podcast Round-Up 2023
The Today’s Family Lawyer podcast delivers regular insight into goings on across the family law community through interviews and discussions with those who are actively engaged in it. Since launching in 2022 it has now delivered 21 episodes covering topics as varied as black letter law, innovation and technology, sales and marketing, market analysis, new […]
Enhanced financial support for foster carers in England announced
The English government recently declared an increase in the financial allowances for foster carers, set to take effect in the upcoming fiscal year. This 6.88% raise in the National Minimum Allowance, revealed in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ financial policy statement, reflects a balance between inflation rates and local government affordability. The […]
Paralegal faces restrictions after ‘misleading divorce clients’
Francesca Nicole Mears, a former paralegal at Sills & Betteridge in Lincoln, has been restricted from working in any Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)-regulated firm without prior written approval from the SRA. This decision follows Mears’ misleading actions in three divorce cases between July 2020 and September 2021. Mears had falsely led clients to believe that […]
