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22 October 2020

Where’s the fury? Unnecessary family court taxpayer burden
From time to time over the years I’ve read semi-hysterical news articles quoting self-appointed protectors of taxpayer money, expressing fury at apparent wasting of public funds on a whole raft of...
Jane Robey
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22 October 2020

EU Case Law: iFLG stands up for Access to Justice
In February 2020, the UK government said it would be leaving EU laws on final departure from the EU on 31 December 2020.  But what should be the status of existing case law from the European...
Lucy Greenwood
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16 October 2020

What is it really like working as a family lawyer in a lockdown?
Busy!  It actually has not stopped!  I have envied friends and family who posted on social media of their latest hobbies – whether this is baking, long walks, yoga or watercolours as I feel...
Sarah Jane Lenihan
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5 October 2020

Working with Counsel
Why would a solicitor work with a barrister on a family law case?Is it anachronistic and wasteful?Nope. We take a look at the advantages to both solicitor and client of...
Simon Bruce
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5 October 2020

Modern families and assisted reproduction: Part 2
Tom Harrill, St Ives ChambersFamily law sits at the cutting edge of science. As the bounds of medicine and technology are pushed ever further the law must respond. Part two considers assisted...
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5 October 2020

Probably the most important pension case of 2020?
Simon Sugar, 1GC Family LawOn the 24 February 2020 His Honour Judge Hess delivered judgment in the Family Court sitting in Swindon following a three-day final hearing. Unusually for the Family Court...
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5 October 2020

Concealed Pregnancies: Should Fathers or Family be told?
Tahmina Rahman, Barrister, 4 Brick Court ChambersThis article considers the implications of the Court of Appeal case of Re A, B and C (Adoption: Notification of Fathers and Relatives) [2020] [2020]...
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30 September 2020

Access to court documents in the Family Court: whose privacy rights prevail?
In Newman v Southampton City Council, Melanie Newman, a freelance journalist, applied to the High Court to view documents relating to care proceedings which had concluded in 2018. Those...
Ellie Hampson-Jones
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30 September 2020

Family law leaves the EU: the law on 1 January 2021
IntroductionEU family laws end on New Year’s Eve 2020 although rather undramatically at 11 PM rather than the striking of Big Ben at midnight.  For all new proceedings from 1 January 2021 onwards...
David Hodson OBE MCIArb
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30 September 2020

Costs rules: what you need to know
“No one enters litigation simply expecting a blank cheque.” Francis J in WG v HG [2018] EWFC 84.  But is this the case, or are we experiencing a new wave of litigants chancing their luck at...
Emily Foy
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