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Jan Ewing, Research Fellow at the University of ExeterThe child’s welfare is the court’s paramount consideration in private law proceedings (Children Act 1989, s1(1)). Despite this, Sir James Munby...

Professor Chris Barton, A Vice-President of the Family Mediators Association, Academic Door Tenant, Regent Chambers, Stoke-on-Trent As the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act will allow...

When meeting with clients to discuss their succession planning, many cannot recall whether their property is held jointly as joint tenants or jointly as tenants in common. The distinction is that with...

Should cohabiting couples be permitted to bring more comprehensive financial applications to court upon separation? This longstanding discussion amongst family lawyers in England continues and will...

Mediation, and dispute resolution more generally, has hovered on the edges of legal processes for over 25 years. In NFM we started family mediation in 1982 when a group of professionals, including the...

Eleri Jones, 1GC Family LawEleri Jones summarises the key implications of Brexit in relation to children’s proceedings. The article explains the correct approach to take depending on whether the ‘new’...

Diana Lowe QC, Co-Lead of the RFJS and Principal of 'Re-Imagining Justice'The Reforming the Family Justice System (RFJS) initiative is a multi-year, multi-sector collaboration designed to effect...

Jemimah Hendrick, New Court ChambersThis article considers the ‘highly unusual’ Court of Protection case of Re EOA [2021] EWCOP 20. It looks at the wider implications of P that presents with both...

Charlotte Worsley, Natalia Perrett and Victoria James, Park Square BarristersThe ‘Resolution Approach’ provides a unique method of assessing risk in circumstances where carers maintain denial...

Graeme Fraser, Partner and Head of Family, OGR Stock Denton LLPThis article summarises the regulation and treatment of unmarried cohabitants in Britain, Canada and Australia. Cohabitation law and...

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