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Malvika Jaganmohan, St Ives ChambersMadeleine Whelan, FOURTEEN ChambersIn this article, barristers Malvika Jaganmohan (St Ives Chambers) and Madeleine Whelan (Fourteen) explore the practical and legal...
Gillian Geddes, 36 GroupGillian Geddes discusses representing an autistic mother in public law Children Act proceedings, outlining the difficulties her client presented with due to her disability....
Andrzej Bojarski, 36 FamilyA decade ago hardly anyone had heard of cryptocurrencies. However, when Bitcoin soared to a record high value of nearly $20,000 in 2017, in the process making some...
More than 300 people who have signed an open letter to Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, urging her to grant asylum to an 11-year-old girl known as Jasmine who they state is at high risk of...
Sarah Higgins, CRSB LawPension sharing in a needs case (W v H (divorce financial remedies) [2020] EWFC B10). The court gives consideration to the Pension Advisory Group report. The judge in this case...
Simon Bruce, Farrer & CoSettling cases is rewarding for a family lawyer.Sometimes we need help in doing so, in particular the help of a lawyer/mediator adept at finding an imaginative solution in...
Chris Walklett, FCAFamily lawyers across the country are grappling with the impacts of the Covid-19 on the process of executing and managing family cases. Hand in hand with the health impacts of...
Professor Kim Holt, Professor of Family Law Northumbria University/Barrister at Trinity ChambersProfessor Nancy Kelly, Professor of Judgment and Decision Making in Social Work, Northumbria...
Tourism over the summer months has become the impossible dream. But "tourism" in the sense of where to gain the best outcome for spousal maintenance is here to stay. That is the net effect of the...
James Dove, Harcourt ChambersChristopher Miller, FourteenDavid Sharp, FourteenIf you are unlucky enough to be an orphan, you may be unlucky enough to have no other family member or friend willing or...