The last year has been a challenging time for many and has undoubtedly had an impact on personal relationships. A host of personal and financial challenges prevail and can inevitably lead to family breakdowns and

Linzi Perriman, an Associate Solicitor in Weightmans’ family law team, talks about the impact the recent Budget will have on families. Millions of Britons were expecting tax increases when the Spring 2021 budget was announced,

Camilla Hooper, Associate, at law firm Cripps Pemberton Greenish has shared her views on the important decision made in AZ v FM [2021] by Mostyn J. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many families

Kendra McKinney, who is a Family Law Partner at BLM, looks at recent Family Court decisions on childhood vaccination. One of the reasons why discussions over vaccinating has become so contentious is because it strikes

HM Courts & Tribunals Service are taking additional steps to ensure that courts are more “Covid-secure.” The announcement that five court sites will offer home testing kits comes after staff at Liverpool Law Courts and

Legal Eye MD Paul Saunders talks to Howdens Executive Director Martin Ellis and Divisional Director Colin Taylor about the impact of the pandemic on Professional Indemnity Insurance for law firms. As firms prepare for renewal

Rachel Freeman, partner at Kingsley Napley LLP discusses the legal position of unmarried parents. Although English law does not have the concept of the “common law” husband or wife, if an unmarried couple has a

Grainne Fahy, family lawyer and IAFL Fellow and Head of Family Law at BLM gives her thoughts on the recent case of Rattan v Kuwad [2021] EWCA Civ 1. I think we can all agree

“We must build a kind of United States of Europe. In this way only will hundreds of millions of toilers be able to regain the simple joys and hopes which make life worth living” Winston

Marilyn Stowe is one of the UK’s best known family lawyers. She founded and sold the UK’s largest family law firm in 2017. She takes a look at whether working from home will last forever.

Law firms are gaining the equivalent of an extra 20 working days a year from employees putting in longer shifts when they work from home, according to new research from Atlas Cloud. The research reveals

The past year has caused each of us to reflect on what is most important in our lives. Family. Friends. Freedom. It has also made us look forward, to life post-pandemic; and this, along with

Our ‘Technical Corner’ brings you information that will help you to continue to grow and develop in your career. This month’s technical corner article comes from Paul Saunders, Managing Director at Legal Eye If you

Now that we are in lockdown 3, many separated parents have managed to establish a routine and ground rules to enable their children to move between their two homes, perhaps even between two countries. However,

Proposed changes to the mental health system must be properly funded to be effective, the Law Society of England and Wales warned following publication of the Mental Health Act White Paper. Law Society president David

The latest industry roundtables from Today’s Wills & Probate and Today’s Conveyancer have focused on the way in which technology has helped law firms to cope with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. In many

In the media January is always associated as ‘Divorce’ month, as people tend to break away from the family unit after celebrating one final Christmas. Camilla Hooper, Associate at Cripps Pemberton Greenish, has shared her

For obvious reasons, there is a prevailing and overwhelmingly negative view of 2020 and how it has impacted families and the legal system that has been designed to protect them. Despite this, there have been

Ampla Finance have brought in a wealth of experience from the consumer funding landscape to the legal sector. Since the successful launch of their Family service, aimed at providing funding for the Family Law sector,

Rachel Freeman, Partner Kingsley Napley As practitioners, we know that clients are often surprised to learn that, when it comes to dividing up the family assets upon divorce, not only does it not matter in

Following on from Nigel Haddon’s interview, Jackie Emmerson Managing Director at Emmerson Solicitors has shared her views with Today’s Family Lawyer about price transparency. The Solicitors Regulatory Authority determined that solicitors should be transparent in

Elizabeth Rimmer is CEO at LawCare It’s been a very difficult and challenging year for all of us. No-one has remained unaffected by the fall out of the global pandemic and its impact on our

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has today launched a consultation on a draft strategy for the legal services sector and is inviting others to say how they will also contribute to reshaping legal services to

With 50 years’ experience in consumer finance it’s not difficult to understand why the legal world would appeal to the team at Ampla Finance; with the objective of innovating a market that has not been

It goes without saying that 2020 has been a year like no other. We began the year with Brexit as the big event on the horizon that was going to have unknown impacts not only

Written by Amy Bell, Director at Teal Compliance Limited The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), more commonly known as the furlough scheme, was introduced by the government as a means of helping both businesses and