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The deadline's passed. Most of us didn't get there. By 'most of us', I'm identifying with the family lawyers who have trained as mediators and been mediating for thousands of couples over the years...

What if an elderly client, whose state of mental health is uncertain, approaches you and asks you to prepare her will?Will a court ever pronounce in solemn form an alleged will of an elderly testator...

In January last year, Researching Reform made some predictions about areas of child welfare we felt would make an impact in 2015. From daring pilot schemes, to fee charging McKenzie Friends, to the...

The case for pension expertsIn the recent case of WS v WS [2015] EWHC 3941 (Fam), a judgment was made to offset the value of a defined benefit pension scheme using the Duxbury formula. The...

As January turns to February, initial decisions about separation taken at the beginning of the year are starting to sink in, and their effects are being felt throughout the family.The impact of family...

How quickly does a new year resolution flop? In an article I wrote for Mediation Matters last month, I explained one of my aspirations for 2016 related to the approach of our family court judges....

Mark Sage, Associate, TLT LLPFurther to my post 'Could this be the end of marriage?', it would appear not after the High Court today rejected the claims of Ms Steinfeld and Mr Keidan to change the law...

The below article appears in the January issue of Family Law at [2015] Fam Law 72 and has been made available, free of charge, as a service to our readers.In this article we consider our...

Deprivation of liberty - section 20, Children Act 1989 - voluntary accommodation - consent - substituted consent - parental responsibilityD, aged 16, was voluntarily accommodated in a residential unit...

As usual for this time of year, January has been a fairly quiet month for family law news, following the Christmas and New Year break. However, there have been some interesting developments.Further...

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