Welcome to Bath Publishing our latest partner
Today’s Family Lawyer is delighted to welcome on board 3 new businesses who have chosen to partner with the publication and showcase their products and services to the readership. Bath Publishing, the most recent organisation to partner with the publication, has a long history of working with and supporting family lawyers, through its work on […]
Guidance on family disputes involving the EU after 31 Dec 2020
The gov.uk website has released guidance to family law practitioners about how to deal with family disputes involving the EU following the end of the UK’s transition period out of the European Union. The guidance covers: Divorce Maintenance International parental child abduction Parental responsibility (child cases) Placement of children The guidance is available here and […]
Prenups: a client’s new best friend?
In these strange times, people are taking stock and thinking about what really matters to them. This may lead to decisions being made about their relationship status, i.e. decisions being made to separate, stay together or getting engaged, or due to fewer weddings taking place, postponing marriage until some point in the future ‘when all […]
HMCTS confirms Christmas and new year office closure dates
HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has confirmed the dates over the Christmas and new year period in which Crown Courts, magistrates’ courts, County and Family Courts, the Royal Courts of Justice and the Rolls Building, and tribunals will remain closed. The courts will remain closed on: • Thursday 24 December 2020 • Friday 25 […]
Cafcass publishes guidance on working with children through Covid-19
Cafcass has published guidance which outlines how arrangements are to be made for social workers to see children and families, work in the Cafcass offices and attend court during the enduring crisis associated with Covid-19. This guidance replaces the Covid-19 protocols which were published in July and summarises Cafcass’ approach to working with children and […]
Working Group on medical experts in the Family Courts publishes report
Resolution was represented on the working group and played an active part in the consultation and preparation of the final report of the Working Group on Medical Experts in the Family Courts which has now been published. President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, said: “In recent years it has become increasingly difficult for […]
Up to date divorce rates in England and Wales
The Office of National Statistics latest annual divorce numbers and rates in England and Wales reveal an 18% rise in divorces in 2019. It has certainly been a turbulent year in family law due to the pandemic which has seemingly been directly responsible for an impending surge in the divorce rate in the UK. New […]
Government announce major funding for rape and domestic abuse support
The Government have today (18 November 2020) announced they will give a major funding boost for victims of rape and domestic abuse due to those working in the services enduring greater demand this winter. Nearly £11 million will go towards a range of services offering practical and emotional help – allowing organisations to recruit more […]
Deal or No Deal …. Divorce Tourism set to stop?
In the recent Supreme Court case of Villiers v Villiers where a Scottish husband had lodged a writ for divorce in Scotland but his wife, now habitually resident in England, issued a financial claim against him in England and Wales was able to pursue her claim, being so permitted under the current EU law, was […]
Bridging the digital distance for clients
There’s been much debate about clients – in particular those who are parents – having concerns with the way cases are managed in a virtual court set up. A study carried out in September by the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory received more than 1,300 responses, with 88% of parents concerned about how their case was […]
Civil Partnerships latest statistics in England and Wales
The Office of National Statistics publishes the latest annual statistics on formations and dissolutions of civil partnerships in England and Wales. It’s fast approaching a year since civil partnerships were extended to opposite-sex couples on 2nd December 2019 after having historically been only for same-sex couples, The judgement allowed opposite-sex couples to form a civil partnership, […]
Children’s Mental Health Charity Backs Calls to Reform How Parents Separate
Fegans, a charity which provides professional children’s counselling and parenting support services, has welcomed a report published today by the Family Solutions Group which calls for a radical change in how parents separate in the UK to better protect children. “We whole-heartedly welcome this report from the Family Solutions Group which puts children first and […]
Covid divorce boom vs Covid marriage rejuvenation
New Research has revealed that lockdown has helped marriages whereas divorce lawyers have never been busier – but which is it? The unprecedented pandemic has reshaped personal relationships by forcing us to live in each other pockets but according to Marriage Foundation it has actually been good for marriages. A new report by the Marriage […]
First Lockdown Caused Surge in Domestic Abuse Court Orders
The UK’s first lockdown resulted in a record number of people obtaining court orders for domestic abuse in order to protect themselves. New figures released reveal that more than 8,800 applications for domestic violence remedy orders were registered in England and Wales between April and June 2020. This is the highest number ever recorded by […]
New kids on the block; innovative finance for family and probate practitioners
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 updated in years. The “new kids on the block” have already shaken up the family law funding landscape and have […]
Work-related pressure rises amongst Family Justice Professionals
A thousand practitioners respond to Resolution wellbeing survey so far Initial findings show work-related pressures increased since first lockdown Survey open until Sunday – with full results to be published in New Year Nearly 75% of family justice practitioners have reported work-related pressures increasing since the first national lockdown, as England enters the second week […]
EWCA award financial remedy arbitration in successful appeal
The England and Wales Court of Appeal (EWCA), has overturned a financial remedy arbitration award, as a result of the ex-husband protesting it was unfair. In October 2019, Russell and Kelly Haley went to arbitration. This was as a result of a final hearing of Ms Haley’s financial remedy application being cancelled at short notice. […]
Law firm offices can open to clients in second lockdown
During the second lockdown, the Government has confirmed that law firms can open up their doors to the public. The Law Society recently met with officials from the government to lock in an agreement and clarify the understanding of the rules that law firm offices can stay open for the next 4 weeks of lockdown. […]
Family Lawyers: Get Paid Your True Worth!
To say that we have been living through the most extraordinary of times would probably be the under-statement of the century! Certainly, in my conversations with family lawyers over the last few months, it seems that many of you have been extremely busy during this period, although, at the beginning of lockdown, there may have […]
Cyber scams on firms Increase by 31% during pandemic
UK businesses have lost more than £6.2 million to cyber scams in the past 12 months with nearly a third increase in cases during the peak of the pandemic, new research shows. From May to June this year, reported cyber scam cases on businesses increased by 31%. Cyber security company Nexor examined police data which […]