Our articles are written by experts in their field and include barristers, solicitors, judges, mediators, academics and professionals from a range of related disciplines. Family Law provides a platform for debate for all the important topics, from divorce and care proceedings to transparency and access to justice. If you would like to contribute please email editor@familylaw.co.uk.
Spotlight
Children and Same Sex Families
Children and Same Sex Families
Children and Same Sex Families: A Legal Handbook
More info
Mental Capacity
Mental Capacity
Mental Capacity: Law and Practice
More info
Evidence in Family Proceedings
Evidence in Family Proceedings
Evidence in Family Proceedings
More info
View All
A day in the life Of...
Read on

Penny Booth: Through the looking glass

© Copyright LexisNexis 2024. All rights reserved.
Date:11 MAY 2010

Through the looking glass

Penny BoothSo days after the election we are sitting glued to our televisions and attached to Radio 4 trying to find out what is actually happening with the government of the country and whether there will be any changes to family law in this country. Oh you aren't?

I don't blame you. After all according to my husband the newspapers (I let him read them first so that he can digest for me the very best bits and save me time looking for them) are full of references to Lewis Carroll and ‘Alice' presumably either ‘in Wonderland' or busy going ‘Through the Looking Glass'. The appearances of the White Rabbit clutching a timepiece and rushing about everywhere may not be the first thing you think of where politicians are concerned but the sheer idiocy and madness is certainly reflective of that with which we are all concerned - families. We should...

Read the full article here.

Copyright © 2024 LexisNexis