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April has been a busy month with some important developments to legislation, court decisions and new guidance issued. Here are just some of the highlights of this jam-packed month.Supreme Court...

There has been plenty in the media about Shariah Councils and what they supposedly do or don't do. As is always the case, there is a need to separate fact from fiction, and so this article (in a...

Sir James Munby is well known as a promoter of transparency in the family courts, but perhaps lesser so as being equally enthusiastic with regard to the Court of Protection (CoP). The transparency...

Bridget Lindley, Family Rights Group’s Principal Legal Adviser and Deputy Chief Executive, died unexpectedly on 2 March 2016, at home in Cambridge. Her loss is a devastating blow to us all.After...

Henry Brookman, Brookman SolicitorsWhat is your position and what do you do on a day-to-day basis?I am the founder of the firm and its Senior Partner. Family law is a fascinating mix of trying to help...

Montalto v Popat and Others [2016] EWHC 801 (Ch)This case is a cautionary tale of the ‘cost and heartache’ (para [139]) that can follow the break-up of a couple who are neither married nor in a civil...

In a nutshell:As family lawyers practising in Wales will be aware, the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 came into force on 6 April 2016.The Social Services and Well-being...

The Supreme Court – a seven-justice court consisting of Lord Neuberger, Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Reed, Lord Carnwath, Lord Hughes and Lord Toulson – took the unusual, perhaps unique, step of...

The below article appears in the February issue of Family Law at [2016] Fam Law 148 and has been made available, free of charge, as a service to our readers.On 14 January...

Darren Hark, Solicitor, Irwin MitchellPractitioners will be well-versed in hearing contentions from husbands and wives in divorce proceedings as to what contributions they have each made during the...

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