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The number of new care cases continues to rise, seemingly relentlessly. Cafcass figures show that in the 12 months to March 2016 there were 12,781 new cases, an increase from 11,159 in the previous...

Divorcing clients are sometimes surprised that one of the key documents their lawyer will ask them to complete is a budget of their projected living expenses. However, the principle of need is often a...

How should the test of the best interests of the child be seen in the context of active support for the child's cultural heritage and upbringing? What happens if there is any conflict? How much should...

While current and past child abuse inquiries around the world seem to take the challenges of such large investigations in their stride, the UK's Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse ('the...

What is your position and what you do on a day-to-day basis?I am a barrister and arbitrator at 1 King’s Bench Walk, specialising in financial remedies and TOLATA claims. I sit part-time as a Deputy...

The consequences of a conspiracy to commit an offence of insider dealing concerning RBS shares might not be of obvious interest to a family property lawyer. But in Patel v Mirza [2016] UKSC 42,...

Laura Vickers, Barrister, No 5 ChambersYou may be aware that the recent Court of Appeal case of Re W [2016] EWCA Civ 793 has been causing some head scratching among commentators.There is no doubt...

One of the many issues for family lawyers to grapple with following June's EU referendum vote is how this will impact on financial remedy claims. Lady Justice Black's decision on 26 July 2016 in Ali v...

Rhys Taylor has recently published Another Witches’ Brew, his definitive paper on pensions and divorce. Many compliments can be paid, including the apparently oxymoronic comment that it is 76...

We’ve reached the end of another month, with the news dominated by political wrangling after the Brexit vote, and changes at government level. So keep up to date with what’s been happening in the...

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