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'This is a brief,' he said, indicating the tatty pile of papers tied up with hot pink string 'and your job is to get your hands on as many of these as you possibly can'. That was pretty much my...

I am two weeks into my second six of pupillage and it has been an exciting and eye-opening couple of weeks. I have found the transition from first to second six challenging but highly enjoyable....

With the Conservatives returning to power this month, their continued focus on fiscal austerity will mean more government spending cuts on state-provided services. Child welfare has already been...

On 7 May 2015 the United Kingdom went to the polls to elect our next government. What might be some of the outcomes and future considerations for international family law from the perspective of...

Natalie Gamble and Elizabeth Isaacs QC (solicitor and leading counsel for the applicant fathers) The High Court ruled this week that a same-sex couple should be awarded care...

Introduction Mostyn J’s latest case provides a useful summary and clarification on the method to divide the assets on divorce to reflect any non-matrimonial property. However, it disappointingly...

Rather like the last piece, there’s something of a similarity between politics and negotiations in family law – last time it was that promises in manifestos and promises in care plans can have less...

The election and prospect of a new government is upon us and legal aid has not made it onto the political or media agenda. Yet, in the last month, there have been stark warnings on the effects of...

Family proceedings: material changes of circumstancesProcedural law in the family courts is in a mess where family circumstances change within a short time (say up to a year) after an order, or...

Lord Beecham could have been talking about the NHS but in fact he was talking about legal aid, introduced by the Legal Aid and Advice Act in 1949, and effectively dismantled by the Legal Aid,...

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