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The article was originally published in New Law Journal, the leading weekly legal magazine.Find the latest UK law news and legal advice with information and analysis from the legal world. Keep up to...

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, the Thatcher Government fixed its sights on child maintenance. In January 1990, in what was to be her last year in office, Mrs Thatcher (as she then was)...

Reform is a now a feature of the family justice system – Geraldine Morris asks whether the underlying issues are being addressed?The saying 'the only thing that is constant is change' is a...

1. What is a forensic accountant’s role in divorce proceedings?A forensic accountant has a number of functions. If they are the single joint expert (SJE) in the context of divorce proceedings, their...

Particular measures for children and vulnerable witnesses: YJCEA 1999, FPR 2010 Pt 3A and ABE guidanceThe first article in this series of two dealt with circumstances where particular...

The Islamic Sharia Council and the Jewish Beth Din provide private, faith-related dispute resolution in a non-legal setting.Under Islamic law, the Talaq divorce is a simple procedure that can be...

The issue of single parent families has attracted the attention of headline writers for more than a generation. But in the reporting of data relating to them, much of it centres on the two million...

The inability of long term cohabitees to claim the bereavement award in personal injury cases is incompatible with their human rights: this was the recent finding of the Court of Appeal in Smith...

Intimidated witnesses in family proceedingsThis article (the first of two) considers the evidence of any witness in family proceedings where that evidence diverges from the general procedural rules...

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