Refuge calls on parliament to plug funding gap that leaves women unsafe at home

Refuge campaigners outside the houses of parliament

Domestic abuse charity Refuge is urgently calling on parliament to plug a £55.5 million a year funding gap its says is leaving women at risk in their own homes. As part of the charity’s Home is Where the Hurt is campaign, Refuge staff, supporters and ambassadors took to the Houses of Parliament with a large coffin-shaped front […]

‘Impossible for LSB to meet objectives’, Legal Services Consumer Panel warns

Tom Hayhoe

The Legal Services Consumer Panel has shared its critical response to the Ministry of Justice’s review of the Legal Services Board, claiming its “fragmented and outdated regulatory design” make it impossible to meet its statutory objectives. The Panel – an independent arm of the Legal Services Board – says the LSB is constrained by the […]

Profile: Sarah Ward, partner and head of the family department at Ramsdens

Sarah Ward

Sarah is a partner and head of the family department at Ramsdens. She is a recommended lawyer in the Legal 500, member of the Law Society family panel and collaboratively trained solicitor.  What was your career path to your current role? I joined Baxter Caulfield as a trainee solicitor and qualified into the firm’s litigation […]