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What is changing?HMCTS have had the divorce portal for some time now, being used by family lawyers and by people wanting to deal with the process directly. The change is that it will now become the...

Predatory or forced marriages faced by individuals (usually elderly) whose mental capacity is in doubt or who are vulnerable to undue influence remain an open wound for many families.As things stand,...

Natasha Dzameh, Barrister, St John’s ChambersA summary of useful cases from 2021 in respect of claims for reasonable financial provision under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and...

Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989 allows the English family court to order financial provision for children. Applications under Schedule 1 can be made by parents, stepparents, guardians, special...

The Department for Education has announced that it would be beginning the process to legislate to introduce a registration requirement for children educated outside of school. This proposal followed...

In a bid to make the United Arab Emirates (UAE) more attractive to outsiders to live and work, a new secular law has been introduced in Abu Dhabi enhancing the Gulf’s appeal to foreigners. The legal...

A number of family law practitioners have been recognised by the judges of the LexisNexis Legal Awards and included in the shortlist for a variety of awards, including the Award for International Team...

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom invites applications for Judicial Assistants to support the work of the Justices.Fixed term contracts will start on Monday 12 September 2022 and finish on...

This article traces the history of the subject, analyses the current law, and proposes reform to make divorce and financial remedies here less accessible to some categories of applicants.Before the...

Paul Magrath, Trustee, The Transparency ProjectThis month’s Open Justice looks at various aspects of justice data. It begins by focusing on a recent evaluation by HMCTS of user experiences of remote...

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