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David Burrows

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David Burrows is a solicitor advocate, trainer and writer; a founder contributor to Family Court Practice; consultant with Heaney Watson, solicitors; the author of Evidence in Family Proceedings (Family Law, 2016). He is a New Law Journal columnist and regular contributor to Family Law and other publications.
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David Burrows is a solicitor advocate, trainer and writer; a founder contributor to Family Court Practice; consultant with Heaney Watson, solicitors; the author of Evidence in Family Proceedings (Family Law, 2016). He is a New Law Journal columnist and regular contributor to Family Law and other publications.
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HB v A Local Authority and  Another (Wardship: Costs Funding Order) [2017] EWHC 524 (Fam), MacDonald J operates on three important levels:Does the High Court, Family Division have any inherent power...
Though Mrs Norman will not thank anyone for saying this, her two unsuccessful recent applications in the Court of Appeal – Norman v Norman [2017] EWCA Civ 49 (Fam) (‘Norman 1’), Norman v Norman [2017]...
Reforms  for evidence of domestic violence complainantsPrisons and Courts Bill was published yesterday and represents a pot-pouri of provisions related to making prison nastier for those sent there...
Re C and the necessity for non-party disclosureThe case of Re C (A Child) [2016] EWHC 3171 (Fam) (case heading: London Borough of Tower Hamlets v M and F and Others), Pauffley J raises a number of...
Procedure and proof in judgment summons and committal proceedingsThe starting point for this article is the judgment summons application and Iqbal v Iqbal [2017] EWCA Civ 19 (judgment of Sir Ernest...
Evidence of vulnerable witnesses in family proceedings: progress so far?On 30 December 2016 Ministry of Justice published a statement by Sir James Munby President of the Family Division in which he...
Permission to appeal out of time against a care orderRe X (A Child) (No 3) [2016] EWHC 2755 (Fam), Sir James Munby P (2 November 2016) is an important case for at least three procedural reasons, quite...
Closed material procedures and family proceedingsIn X, Y and Z (Disclosure to the Security Service) [2016] EWHC 2400 (Fam), McDonald J considered briefly at the end of his judgment (paras [89] to...
Release of documents to non-partiesIn the cross-currents of the common law principles of disclosure and confidentiality two cases, over the past month, stand out: DB v The General Medical Council...
Child's opportunity to be heard: a fundamental principleIn Re D (A Child) (International Recognition) [2016] EWCA Civ 12, [2016] FLR (forthcoming) the Court of Appeal considered whether they should...
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