4PB welcomes Scottish family lawyer who has interest in ‘same legal sex issues’
4PB is has announced that Scottish family lawyer Rachael Kelsey, who is the current President of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL), has accepted an invitation to become an associate tenant of the company. Many of Kelsey’s former cases have international or intra-UK jurisdictional issues, an area of specialism for which she is said […]
SRA consults on potential regulation of CILEX students and paralegals
The SRA have launched a consultation on rule changes needed to allow the potential regulation of non-authorised Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) members. The suggested arrangements explain the rules that would apply to CILEX paralegals and students should CILEX’s proposal to re-delegate regulation to us go ahead. CILEX published a consultation on its re-delegation proposals […]
Landmark ruling in England and Wales family court advocates non-court dispute resolution
In a decision, the England and Wales Family Court (EWFC) has underscored the importance of parties endeavouring to resolve their differences outside of court proceedings. This ruling comes in the wake of a high-profile financial remedy dispute, where parties neglected to engage in any form of non-court dispute resolution before initiating proceedings. Knowles J, presiding […]
Biden allocates $200m for women’s health initiatives in bid for second term support
In a strategic move aimed at securing backing from female voters for a potential second term, President Biden has signed an executive order directing $200 million towards initiatives focused on addressing women’s health concerns, as reported by The Times. The funding, slated to be utilised by federal agencies in the upcoming year, will specifically target […]
Litigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill 2024
The government took action to resolve the disruption sparked by the Supreme Court’s decision in PACCAR by presenting a bill in the House of Lords. Conservative peer Lord Evans of Rainow introduced a measure aimed at addressing the enforceability of litigation funding agreements and related services in a concise statement. The Litigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) […]
Petition calling for the mandatory suspension of all police and staff accused of VAWG with over 50K signatures
Refuge have delivered more than 50,000 petition signatures to Number 10 Downing Street, on the year anniversary of the Baroness Casey Review launch. The petition, which is part of the charity’s Remove the Rot campaign, calls for the mandatory suspension of all police officers and police staff accused of violence against women and girls, pending […]
VAWG organisations issue urgent letter to Government highlighting recruitment and retention crisis
Women’s Aid, alongside 57 sector colleagues, have issued an urgent letter to the Government highlighting the deepening recruitment and retention crisis within the sector, calling for an independent task force to be established to tackle the issue and ensure that adult and child survivors continue receiving life-changing support. Organisations supporting survivors have faced a funding […]
Column: Changes in divorce and the rise of the prenup
In recent years, we have seen a number of changes in the way we ‘do’ divorce in the UK. Below, Joanna Farrrands, Partner and Family Solicitor at Moore Barlow explores some of the major trends that have emerged over the last three years or so, and what we can reasonably conclude from them. Lies, damned […]
First things first – getting the basics right
I am excited to be writing this, my first blog, for Today’s Media. I qualified in 1996, and left private practice in 2012 to co-found The CS Partnership. The CS Partnership is a consultancy for law firms founded by ex-lawyers who wanted to help the profession deal with the modernisation it was facing. I am […]
