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Dr Charlotte Proudman, Goldsmith ChambersPart I and Part II (which will be in the July issue of Family Law) of this article provides a critical examination of the landscape in relation to the family...

Christina Warner, Four Brick CourtChristina Warner writes about the progress of LGBT families in the last 60 years. Analysing the influence of changing social attitudes and legislative developments as...

Heard by the Supreme Court in December 2019, with its judgment last July, this case attracted much interest (or “lurid publicity” as per Mr Justice Mostyn in his judgement this week) as it...

When families come to strife, arrangements must be made for the future care of any children. In some circumstances, this means an application to the courts. These ‘private law orders’ can form part of...

The value of a family business or business interest is treated as an asset and therefore part of the matrimonial pot to be distributed when it comes to negotiating a financial settlement on divorce or...

Many have experienced their own Black Lives Matter moment in the last 12 months, a sharp realisation of entrenched prejudices and inequalities that still exist in our society.In the family justice...

In November 2020 Spice Girl Mel B was in the news, despairing about how the legal costs of trying to relocate her daughter Madison from the US to England were likely to bankrupt her, leading to her...

Rebekah Wilson, Garden Court ChambersPerhaps it takes an unprecedented pandemic to clearly see the shape of justice for children in the UK. Long before Covid started to ravage the normality of all...

Rose Harvey-Sullivan, 7BRSpecial Guardianship Orders are increasingly used by the family courts as a means of keeping a child with family or friends in circumstances when their parent is unable to...

Are we serious about reducing the family court backlog? Triggered by the huge backlog in family courts, the government’s family mediation voucher scheme was broadly welcomed by...

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