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In March the Government revealed plans to make mediation a pre-court requirement in low level family dispute cases. A move that will no doubt help thousands to reduce the emotional and financial cost...

Eleri Jones,Barrister, 1GC|Family LawAndrew Venables, Barrister, 1GC|Family Law Two years have now passed since ‘Brexit’ and since 1 January 2021, a new domestic regime has applied to...

Ruth Gaffney-Rhys, Senior Lecturer in Family and EU Law at Bristol Law School, University of the West of England In Re P (Appeal: Forced Marriage Protection Order: Jurisdiction) [2023] EWHC...

Amy Scollan, Partner, HuntersAnna Roiser, Knowledge Development Lawyer, HuntersAs family lawyers in England and Wales, we may be consulted by clients whose divorce and related financial proceedings...

Eleanor Marsh, Barrister, 3 Paper BuildingsEleanor Marsh, Barrister at 3PB Chambers, considers whether delays in court proceedings are creating a new ‘status quo’ for children and the impact of such...

Kevin Gordon, Head of Family at 5 Pump Court ChambersMany people use the terms ‘bed-sharing’ and ‘co-sleeping’ to describe the same thing, but there are differences: co-sleeping is when a parent and...

Even Charles Dickens might be lost for words to describe the predicament of vulnerable children in state care, and their exploitation for profit, in the 2020s. In his Hard Times (1853) he outlined the...

Luke Nelson, Barrister, 3PB This article serves as a brief precis of the practical, procedural and legal issues that arise when third-party interests in land arise in financial remedy...

Mary Welstead, Visiting Professor in Family law University of BuckinghamIn February 2023, Mrs Justice Knowles granted an order for the return of a child, aged six, to Nigeria from the UK to...

Joshua Viney, Barrister, 1 Hare Court‘Schedule 1 – out of date and out of touch’ considers the intentions behind Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 and whether the distinctions drawn in the...

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