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From 13 September 2021 it will be mandatory for any divorce petition being issued by a solicitor in England and Wales to be issued via the HMCTS online portal. Paper applications will no longer be...

Language matters. In his famous 1946 essay Politics and the English Language, George Orwell pointed out that there is a relationship of cause and effect between what we say or write and what we...

In March the government launched what was then widely publicised as a ‘temporary’ voucher scheme designed to improve the take-up of family mediation for separating families with children. An...

Partner Lucy Greenwood & trainee Solicitor Feriha Tayfur update their review of Jewish divorces ('Get') and potential solutions to family law practitioners and clients who need to...

Reagan Persaud, Spire BarristersWhat should social workers do when they get reports of non-accidental injuries? How do they ensure that they act in a way which preserves the best evidence for court?...

Justin Slater, Barrister, 7BRReiss Palmer, Paralegal, 7BRParental Alienation: ‘when a child’s resistance or hostility towards one parent is not justified and is the result of psychological...

Kate Elliott, Family Law PartnersPolly Dallyn, Family Law PartnersIn recognition of the turn of a new decade and a period of fairly momentous change for family law we have teamed up with the top...

Mary Welstead, CAP Fellow Harvard Law School; Visiting Professor in Family Law University of BuckinghamIn June 2019, a mother received a life sentence for the murder of her new-born baby and, in May...

Analysis of data to evaluate the government’s £500 family mediation voucher scheme is in full swing. It’s not yet complete but, as the initiative nears an end, the signs appear positive. The £1...

FLiP has been a strong supporter of family arbitration as a means of resolving disputes away from the courts since family arbitration was introduced into England & Wales in February 2012. In fact,...

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