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.
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.
This article concludes a three-part series on funding of family
proceedings in the aftermath of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders
Act 2012: how can some types of proceedings be...
Grants of legal aid for civil
proceedings (‘civil legal services’) have been radically curtailed by Legal Aid
Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. Section 10 of that Act creates
a...
Consultation: a first
outing in Supreme Court
The extent to which a public body has a duty to consult
interested persons is currently in the family law news. Attention was drawn to...
An inquiry into child
sexual abuse
An increasing crescendo of public concern over recent months
has concentrated on child sexual abuse, such that on 7 July 2014 the Home Secretary, Mrs...
Limits on citation of
cases
Rules about citation of authorities in civil proceedings
(including family proceedings) has not been updated since introduction of the
new administrative tribunals...
In Q v Q; Re B; Re C (Private Law: Public Funding) [2014] EWFC 31, [2014] 2 FLR (forthcoming and reported at [2014] Fam Law 1398) Sir James
Munby P said that funding should be...
Publicity and a ward
of court
The right to publish details of family proceedings and the
operation of the wardship jurisdiction have cropped up recently in the case of
A, the 5 year old...
Funding familyproceedingsIn Q v Q; Re B; Re C [2014] EWFC 31, [2014] 2 FLR (forthcoming) (06 August 2014), Sir James Munby P considered the extent to which certainchildren proceedings demanded that...
The
careful judgement of Roberts J in
Cooper-Hohn v Hohn [2014] EWHC 2314 (Fam) prompts thoughts on publicity in financial
remedy proceedings. The judge
found herself required to give an...
Public bodies and applications in the family
courtThe case of Re X (A Child) [2014] EWHC 2522 (Admin) prompts the question whether the
family court should not hear all issues with...