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Two developments late last year in Australia have interesting reflections for other countries, and give timely warnings and alerts of potential government actions. How should judges be...

Spare a thought for the front-line circuit or district judge who is told, often enough, by the Court of Appeal that family proceedings are non-adversarial; and then is criticised by the same Court...

On the 11 September 2012 the Law Commission launched a supplemental consultation paper entitled Matrimonial Property, Needs and Agreements. The consultation, which closed on 11 December 2012, sought...

Family Procedure (Amendment) (No 5) Rules 2010 come into operation on 31 January 2013. Their main thrust is extensively to re-write FPR 2010 Part 25 (opinion evidence: see later); but they also...

Marion Stevenson Mediator, PPC and Trainer: This article looks at how three key mediation skills - empathy, impartiality, and questioning - are combined in the mediation process. It discusses...

Christmas always brings problems. Families thrust together at Christmas over the cheery holidays inevitably bring the possibility of issues thrust towards solicitors in the New Year. Is it really...

I read recently that it is reported that Boris Johnson, in an address to CBI, stated "I have no shame in saying to the injured spouses of the world's billionaires if you want to take him to the...

Dr Joshua Carritt-Baker Clinical Psychologist: When is an expert necessary in Family Court proceedings? It is clear it is not being suggested that experts are unnecessary in Family Court cases...

Edward Lloyd-Jones Barrister, 14 Gray's Inn Square: The government wishes to increase the number of children adopted from care and, in pursuit of this outcome , to speed up the progress of...

Rosemary Thomas Solicitor, Straw and Pearce, Loughborough: In straitened times there is no more funding for court services, and yet recent high profile coverage of issues of child protection, in...

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