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Despite the headlines, I think that the case is of very limited legal significance. At the heart of the judgment was the decision that a claim for financial remedies brought 22 years after divorce...

With scores of Inquiries already under its belt, and dozens more currently underway, Britain must break the mould with the nation's inquiry into child abuse, and implement an investigation that is...

The previous article in this two-part series looked at when without prejudice rule immunity (WPRI) could be said to cover discussions between two people; suggested that the point where WPRI applies...

Paul Magrath, ICLRSarah Phillimore, St Johns’ ChambersJulie Doughty, Cardiff UniversityThere is an assumption in some parts of the media that the family courts are deliberately operating in a...

Andrew Newbury, Slater and GordonGrant Howell, Charles Russell SpeechlysMartin Loxley, Irwin MitchellMesser's Howell, Loxley and Newbury deliver their bi-annual update on financial cases.This article...

Jo Edwards, Chair of ResolutionResolution, the family law organisation, recently launched a Manifesto for Family Law, setting out what its members see as the most urgent changes that need to...

Recent Court of Protection case law on 'the least restrictive option'.When asked to approve a Deprivation of Liberty, the Court of Protection (COP) operates under a strong presumption of minimal...

Julie Doughty, law lecturer at Cardiff University, and editor of Seen and Heard Inconsistent quality and practice in undertaking viability assessments was amongst a range of hot topics discussed...

The immortal Peter Cook once observed 'I could have been a Judge, but I never had the Latin for the judgin’' – like Peter Cook, I never really had a grasp on Latin, but the one bit that did resonate...

Hearing from children and evidence of vulnerable witnesses: working group Last summer’s interim report from the ‘vulnerable witnesses and children’ working group has now produced its Report...

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