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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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Questions for the family courtsWhat have the following got to do with the open justice principle ('OJP') and with each other:The case of DL v SL [2015] EWHC 2621 (Fam), where Mostyn J, obiter,...

What is your position and what you do on a day-to-day basis?I am a jurist and solicitor advocate. My working life revolves around work for a small number of clients as consultant with Heaney Watson,...

Payment of expenses in civil litigation services (legal aid) cases The issue of who should pay for translation of documents in care proceedings has arisen again. Last February it was before Sir James...

Consultation of draft amendment rulesFamily Procedure (Amendment No X) Rules 2015 are out for consultation, comments invited by 25 September 2015 (and see ('consultation, a postscript' (below))....

Review of ECF Guidance and response to Justice Committee report IS v The Director of Legal Aid Casework & Anor [2015] EWHC 1965 (Admin), represents a review by Collins J of the exceptional...

Reporting restrictions and child sex exploitation The two judgments of Keehan J in child sexual exploitation (CSE), and later reporting restrictions order (RRO), cases provide food for thought...

Guidance after Gudanaviciene In http://www.familylaw.co.uk/news_and_comment/gudanaviciene-legal-aid-guidance-not-compatible-with-a-right-to-a-fair-trial) Family Law News considered R (ota...

Court of Appeal look again at unlawfully obtained documents In Arbili v Arbili [2015] EWCA Civ 542 the duties of a client and his/her lawyer over documents unlawfully obtained by the client...

Convention law: a safety net The sabre-rattling of the previous Conservative government has been continued under the new, with a new Lord Chancellor in post; though it is still a matter for debate...

Family proceedings: material changes of circumstancesProcedural law in the family courts is in a mess where family circumstances change within a short time (say up to a year) after an order, or...

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