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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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The previous article in this two-part series looked at when without prejudice rule immunity (WPRI) could be said to cover discussions between two people; suggested that the point where WPRI applies...

Hearing from children and evidence of vulnerable witnesses: working group Last summer’s interim report from the ‘vulnerable witnesses and children’ working group has now produced its Report...

This article, the first of two, asks the question: when, in family proceedings, does the without prejudice rule (or ‘privilege’) apply? When does the immunity from production of documents and...

Can a successful party’s costs entitlement be reduced by failure to engage in ADR The extent to which a party engages in ADR is as much an issue in family proceedings as in any other proceedings;...

Online Dispute Resolution in low value claims Over last week-end (15/16 February 2015) the Civil Justice Council published its report on online dispute resolution (ODR): Online Dispute...

Judicial caution on final case management hearing orders As Oscar Wilde famously did not say: ‘To lose one appeal may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose two looks like carelessness’. In...

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Excessive cost of ancillary relief litigation In J v J [2014] EWHC 3654 (Fam) Mostyn J took the opportunity to berate lawyers for their expenditure on proceedings for ancillary relief (as...

Sources of state funding in the family courts Two cases have been published already this New Year from different parts of the meagre family courts state funding scene (for a review of that scene...

See also David Burrows' article, Lord Chancellor’s Guidance on Exceptional Case Funding, published 15 June 2015.Exceptional case determination: Convention breach R (ota Gudanaviciene &...

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