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Claire Tyler, Chief Executive, RelatePersuading policymakers that family breakdown is a major problem for our society, and that there are things we can do about it, is a crucial part of my job....
Martin Loxley, Irwin Mitchell; Andrew Newbury, Pannone LLP and; Grant Howell, Charles RussellThis is the first in a biannual series of articles bringing together the most useful recent ancillary...
Mark Pawlowski, Barrister, Professor of Property Law, University of GreenwichTo what extent may a party acquire beneficial ownership in a house simply by assuming liability on a joint mortgage...
Miles Geffin, Professional Support Lawyer, Mishcon de ReyaThe extent to which, in any circumstances, the judiciary has a mandate to shift the constitutional boundary between Parliament and the courts...
Andrew Meehan, Solicitor, Mills and Reeve LLP, LeedsIt is now 2 years since the House of Lords' decision in Miller v Miller; McFarlane v McFarlane [2006] UKHL 24, [2006] 1 FLR 1186 in which...
Michelle McDermott, Solicitor, Manches LLPFor a divorce lawyer, working with clients who value their privacy especially highly when their marriage is in trouble, it is hard to get used to the level of...
David Salter, Joint National Head of Family Law, Mills and ReevePensions have not, and still do not, occupy centre stage in the family law reports. It is not difficult to see why this should be so....
Lord Justice Wall, Judith Parker QC and Michael Keehan QCPart of the afternoon session of the Jordans conference on 'Medical Evidence and Advocacy in Child Abuse Cases', held in London in January...
Charles Geekie QC, 1 Garden Court, TempleIn Relocation, Relocation, Relocation: Rigorous Scrutiny Revisited [2008] Fam Law 220 Piers Pressdee analyses the application of the first limb of Thorpe LJs...
Suzette Waterhouse, Social Work Practitioner and Researcher; Joan Hunt, Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford and; Eleanor Lutman, Research Associate, University of Bristol. This article...