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David Burrows is a solicitor advocate, trainer and writer; a founder contributor to Family Court Practice; consultant with Heaney Watson, solicitors; the author of Evidence in Family Proceedings (Family Law, 2016). He is a New Law Journal columnist and regular contributor to Family Law and other publications.

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None of my cases before Lady Hale had much to do with children, but that is the area where her deep understanding of the law will be most felt now that she has stepped down as president of the Supreme...

The Children Act 1989 (CA 1989) received Royal Assent on 16 November 1989 (in force from October 1991). Its thirtieth anniversary is upon us. It was a statute which required all courts, social workers...

David Burrows provides a rundown of child support appeals to the First-tier Tribunal & Upper TribunalThe first article in this series explained the working of the child support scheme calculation...

Laws governing the release of court material to non-parties in civil cases post Cape Intermediate are clear, but has the decision moved transparency laws forward for family...

Liability for costs in child law litigationIn Barker v Confiànce Ltd & ors [2019] EWHC 1401 (Ch) (5 June 2019), Morgan J considered the extent to which a litigation friend and the child(ren) for...

Clamour for divorce reform should be seen alongside the less well-publicised unfairness caused by outdated marriage laws, says David Burrows.The government’s proposals for divorce law reform were met...

Resolution and the Law Society together have provided information on family law and EU withdrawal. They urge lawyers to seek advice from EU lawyers to advise their UK clients on family breakdown...

The 25th anniversary of the opening of the doors of the Child Support Agency (now Child Maintenance Service (CMS)) was reached, with no enthusiasm on my part, on 3 April 2018. The Department for Work...

Solicitor advocate and law writer David Burrows writes that to define a valid marriage in English law is by no means obvious....

Solicitor David Burrows discusses Transforming the Response to Domestic Abuse: Consultation Response and Draft Bill, which was published on 21 January by the Home Office and the Lord Chancellor....

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