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A recent sojourn in The Netherlands has me convinced there is more than overlap with the family law issues in other countries - particularly European ones. The Dutch seem concerned with child...

Advising a client on financial remedies is often difficult. There is a category of cases where there is clearly enough capital for a fair division within an ascertainable bracket, no need for ongoing...

Writing a family law column is inevitably complicated by the confidentiality issues involved. Every solicitor owes a duty of confidentiality to their client but in most family cases that...

Domestic violence within family proceedings is an emotive and usually polarising issue, but precisely because of that it is crucial for the lawyers who conduct the cases to keep a calm and...

The answer is "yes" and all practitioners need to be aware of it. The new EU Maintenance Regulation which has replaced Brussels I came into force on 18 June 2011. As the title suggests the Regulation...

Sandra Davis recently wrote about the relocation case of MK v CK [2011] EWCA Civ 793 and I agree with her reading of the case. When I read the judgment of Thorpe LJ I was pleased to see the clear...

Writing in these pages earlier this year, I suggested that the ongoing controversy surrounding the decision in Payne v Payne could be dampened by the re-affirmation that in relocation cases, as in all...

At the 12th Australian Family Lawyers Conference held in Singapore in June 2011 the opportunity was taken during an Ethics workshop led by Federal Magistrate Tom Altobelli to consider appropriate...

The Directive of the European Parliament and of the European Council of 21 May 2008 on Certain Aspects of Mediation in Civil and Commercial Matters (2008/52) has been adopted by the UK...

So, let's take stock. Over the last couple of months as family lawyers, we have had: the Family Proceedings Rules 2010, the Family Justice Review Interim Report, the Munro Report, the Private Family...

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