Family court statistics for July to September 2021 show an estimated 63,084 new family cases. “Our concerns about the significant backlogs in the family court pre-date the pandemic. However, the existing problems have been compounded in the Read More
The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has issued further guidance on E-Bundles for use in the Family Court and Family Division. This guidance supplements the general guidance on electronic bundles for all Read More
An exclusive survey conducted by the UK’s largest family law firm, Stowe Family Law, reveals that millennials are spending less on weddings and instead prioritising mortgages. The firm’s survey, which polled 500 people across Read More
The Government has announced that from 6 April 2022, digital identity document validation technology (IDVT) will be introduced to support employers and landlords with right to work, right to rent and pre-employment DBS checks. The Home Office Read More
Leading insurance risk and commercial law firm BLM has welcomed one of the UK’s leading surrogacy and reproductive rights specialists, Colin Rogerson, to the firm. Rogerson becomes partner in BLM’s London family law Read More
Happy New Year from the team at Today’s Family Lawyer! We hope you all enjoyed the festivities and a well-earned break over the Christmas period. We’d like to take this opportunity, as the Read More
Former wife of multi-billionaire ruler of Dubai receives more than £500m in divorce settlement. The UK’s High Court has awarded a lump sum settlement of £251.5m to Princess Haya Bint Al-Hussain, the 47-year-old former Read More
Following the LSB’s annual review of frontline regulators last month, the SRA has reportedly met all 27 of the required outcomes in its regulatory approach, authorisation, supervision, enforcement and leadership. The results show that the Read More
A new report detailing the experiences of those involved in remote hearings has been published by HMCTS. The report, conducted by IFF in collaboration my HMCTS documents the experiences of legal professionals, judges, court staff Read More
A new report from the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) demonstrates how government funding has maintained and expanded vital access to free specialist legal advice. Through the Covid-19 Specialist Advice Services Scheme (CSASS), £5.4 million was awarded Read More
The Government has launched a consultation on outdoor weddings and civil partnerships. Marrying couples will have greater choice in how they celebrate their big day under government plans to legalise outdoor weddings in England and Read More
The Law Commission has launched a project to review how evidence is used in prosecutions of sexual offences, and to counter misconceptions about sexual harm or “rape myths”. The Law Commission has issued a statement Read More
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has announced a three month consultation as it plans to revise The Human Rights Act. The MOJ says that the proposed new legislation aims to strike a proper balance between Read More
The Law Society has issued a statement saying that the Legal Ombudsman service (LeO) must take “radical action” if it wishes to retain the confidence of both public and profession. The Law Society said that Read More
Agricultural divorces can be “notoriously difficult to resolve” (Wilson J in R v R [2004] FLR 98). There is often a departure from equality in farming divorces due to the non-matrimonial nature of some farming assets. For Read More
This is an inversion of the cliché phrase ”a marriage made in heaven” to signify the unhappiness that can be experienced in staying in an unhappy marriage, as penned by Oscar Wilde in, The Importance Read More
At Clio, we’re on a mission to transform the legal experience for all. To do that, we’re investing heavily in both technologies and resources that are designed to move legaltech forward, making it Read More
The Government recently announced plans to extend the storage limit for embryos and gametes (sperm and eggs) from 10 to 55 years for everyone, abolishing the arbitrary differentiation between freezing for health and social reasons. While this Read More
A widow has been informed that due to an administrative mistake she is unable to use her late husband’s frozen sperm to have his baby unless she takes the case to the High Court. Read More
Child abusers will face more time behind bars after the Government confirmed plans to increase the maximum penalties for a range of cruelty offences. Under the changes, anyone who causes or allows the death of Read More
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