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Firm news: all the latest family law appointments

18 August 2026

PE-backed legal consolidator acquires second firm in a month

17 August 2026

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Honorary King’s Counsel award nominations open

17 August 2026

Family law disruptor amicable has announced plans to launch regulated law firm after submitting its application to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in July to include a new conveyancing service for separating couples. The divorce and separation service said the new and separate law firm will serve England and Wales and would provide both family legal services and representation that amicable itself, as an unregulated business, does not provide, alongside a "small, focused" conveyancing service covering transfers of equity and related remortgages, when a separating couple moves the family home into one name.  amicable currently works with couples together, offering what it describes as a "simpler alternative to the traditional two-lawyer process." It was created 10 years ago by Kate Daly, a counsellor with a background in psychology, and Pip Wilson, co-founder and current CEO. In 2023 the Octopus group acquired a majority stake in the business. The regulated entity will work with the people amicable can't currently help directly, as well as carrying out some of the work amicable's own customers already need from a regulated firm said amicable. Alongside the family law work, the new firm will provide conveyancing services for people who need to transfer property following separation or divorce, a "small, focused service" covering transfers of equity and related remortgages, when a separating couple moves the family home into one name.  amicable say the new business will "built as a technology-first law firm from day one", taking the learnings from the years building software around the separation journey to shape its own case management, client communication and drafting tools. AI tools will support tasks like drafting, triage and research, with a qualified solicitor reviewing every piece of advice and every document that reaches a client or a court.  The new firm will be led by Wilson, and Alex Woolley, a former senior associate at a top-tier London family law firm, co-founder of two access-to-justice legal tech companies and a previous winner of the SRA's Legal Access Challenge.  The search is now on for new recruits. Explaining the decision, Wilson said: "We started amicable because we believed there had to be a kinder way to divorce. But working with couples together isn't always possible for every situation, and until now we haven't been able to help those people ourselves. The new firm is for them. It will be built on the same values, and on the technology and innovation that let us do things in a better way. We're looking for family and conveyancing solicitors who share that ambition and want to help shape the firm from day one."

Divorce service amicable submits application to launch SRA-regulated law firm

14 August 2026

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21,000 words and a ‘stay of execution’ – Potanin saga continues with latest judgment

14 August 2026

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Mixed reaction to claims cohabitation reform has no public mandate

13 August 2026

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Cohabitation rights create ‘profound constitutional change’ with no mandate, justice secretary warned

13 August 2026

As cohabitation consultation deadline looms, legal sector shares responses

13 August 2026

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Justice reform must centre family legal aid, Law Society president warns

13 August 2026

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Today’s Family Lawyer Podcast hits 10,000 download milestone

13 August 2026

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New free search site lists all solicitor firms and legal aid data with no paid rankings

13 August 2026

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Quarter of holidays abandoned as a result of tensions between former partners

11 August 2026

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Nuptial agreement was valid in £26m divorce case

10 August 2026

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Funding for women-led tech awards £75,000 to ‘pet-nup’ product

7 August 2026

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Refuge criticises exclusion of domestic abuse perpetrators from Sentencing Act review

6 August 2026

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Family justice roadmap ‘will avert children entering care system’

6 August 2026

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Kent-based business operating unregulated children’s homes first to be prosecuted

6 August 2026

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Marriage and civil partnership most common legal status; same-sex marriage ‘grows steadily’

6 August 2026

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‘Substantial minority’ of parents return to court in private law proceedings amid support concerns

6 August 2026

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Applications open for government-funded AI lawtech incubator

6 August 2026

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Court of Appeal rejects local authority adoption bid

5 August 2026

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Sarah Sackman pledges to enhance legal aid in retained ministerial role

5 August 2026

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SRA expands executive leadership team

4 August 2026

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Unmarried couples unsure of legal rights, research finds

3 August 2026

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Card game aims to encourage better documented analysis of source of funds

31 July 2026

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Courts sentence clients who threatened lawyers

30 July 2026

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LeO publishes complaints resolution procedure following successful pilot

30 July 2026

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FMC urges justice secretary to strengthen family mediation and protect legal aid

30 July 2026

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‘Insufficient cross-regulator collaboration on Legal Services Act guidance before Mazur’ – LSB

30 July 2026

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LeO shares detail of family law complaints, with child law cases up 108%

30 July 2026

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30 July 2026

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Cumbria firm continues expansion with new acquisition

29 July 2026

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LSB seeks senior leaders to ‘drive major regulation reset’

29 July 2026

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Firm news: family law appointments

28 July 2026

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25 July 2026

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Court of Appeal orders retrial for Meerna Faraj in high-profile divorce dispute

24 July 2026