Our authors are experts in their field and include barristers, solicitors, judges, mediators, academics experts from a range of related disciplines.
Spotlight
A day in the life Of...
Read on
Card image
Twitter LinkedIn

David Burrows

Solicitor Advocate
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.
See author's page
Twitter LinkedIn
Card image
Twitter LinkedIn
Solicitor Advocate
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.
View articles See author's page
Products by author
Articles by author
Go to page of 11
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...
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 ‘provided by’ by HMCTS...
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...
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 administrative...
View all articles