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Private Client solicitors have widely reported a significant increase in Will-making enquiries during the Covid-19 pandemic. However lockdown measures presented a number of challenges, particularly...

On 24 November, the UK Government published Guidance entitled ‘Making a Christmas bubble with friends and family’. This Guidance (agreed between all four countries of the UK) covers the...

No sooner had clarity been obtained as to how child contact would work within and across the tier system, than the government announced its suspension in England. From 5 November 2020, a 4-week...

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has published an overview of its civil and Family Courts and tribunals recovery plan amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In order to maintain the access...

Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the introduction of social distancing measures, the family courts in England and Wales rapidly adapted to using telephone and video hearings. In...

The government has, with considerable controversy, introduced a system of tiers across England to try to stop the second wave of the Covid-19 virus taking hold and causing significant problems within...

Busy! It actually has not stopped! I have envied friends and family who posted on social media of their latest hobbies – whether this is baking, long walks, yoga or watercolours as I...

The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane has announced the commencement of a further consultation on remote and hybrid hearings in the family court.The consultation will run for...

Since 4 July small weddings have had the ‘go ahead’ to start again. Whilst this is great news for some, for many couples the notion of a socially distanced wedding has simply led to...

HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has made available new training on the subject of HMCTS Kinly Cloud Video Platform (CVP), which sets out what CVP is, how to access a CVP room through the...

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