Our articles are written by experts in their field and include barristers, solicitors, judges, mediators, academics and professionals from a range of related disciplines. Family Law provides a platform for debate for all the important topics, from divorce and care proceedings to transparency and access to justice. If you would like to contribute please email emma.reitano@lexisnexis.co.uk.
Spotlight
Children and Same Sex Families
Children and Same Sex Families
Children and Same Sex Families: A Legal Handbook
More info
Mental Capacity
Mental Capacity
Mental Capacity: Law and Practice
More info
Evidence in Family Proceedings
Evidence in Family Proceedings
Evidence in Family Proceedings
More info
View All
A day in the life Of...
Read on

The divorce surgery: one couple, one lawyer

© Copyright LexisNexis 2024. All rights reserved.
Date:15 JAN 2019
Third slide

What would the family lawyer do, presented with a blank piece of paper and tasked with the design of a new roadmap for resolving financial and children disputes? Before committing pen to paper, he or she might reflect that one of the first questions facing any separating individual is whether legal advice is required at all.

It is profoundly dispiriting that this is even up for debate, but in the post-LASPO world this is reality.  As has been pointed out many times in these pages, what use are rights without adequate means of recognizing and enforcing them? Samantha Woodham and Harry Gates, of 4 Paper Buidlings, discuss the details.

Read the full article here.

Copyright © 2024 LexisNexis