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27 February 2020

Killing in the family
Barry McAlinden, Field Court ChambersCases involving the killing of one parent at the hands of another (uroxide) are unsurprisingly fraught. Surprisingly they are also more common than you might...
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27 February 2020

Paternity discrepancy and the tort of deceit
Clare Williams and Laurie Kershaw, JMW SolicitorsEasy access to DNA testing means that there are few practical barriers to ascertaining a child’s genetic parentage. The incidence of paternity...
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26 February 2020

The treatment of future earnings
We are approaching 20 years since the seminal House of Lords decision in White v White [2000] UKHL 54, yet the judicial debate as to how to implement the principle it established, that there...
Richard Kershaw
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20 February 2020

'Divorce tourism': there is a limit
It is sometimes possible for the English Family Court to make a financial order where the divorce has taken place in another country, and even where that other country has already made a financial...
Hayley Trim
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20 February 2020

Lady Hale: a judge & her law
None of my cases before Lady Hale had much to do with children, but that is the area where her deep understanding of the law will be most felt now that she has stepped down as president of the Supreme...
David Burrows
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20 February 2020

Financial advisers: Top family law tips to help your clients
Chances are your client or a family member are going through a major life event when you are next in touch, be it a new child in the family, a wedding on the horizon, a separation, starting or selling...
Sarah Green
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18 February 2020

Domestic abuse prosecutions without the victim’s support
Evidence-led domestic abuse casesHM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (‘HMCPSI’) and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (‘HMICFRS’) have published a joint report on...
John Bolch
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12 February 2020

Lessons to be learned after judge criticised for ‘obsolescent’ views
A family case has recently been the subject of an unusual level of attention from the media, both legal and mainstream, much of it reflecting badly upon the family justice system. I thought I should...
John Bolch
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11 February 2020

The ripple effect: the family law consequences of allegations of sexual misconduct in the workplace
Two years on from the start of the #MeToo movement, many of those involved in the often high profile harassment cases which came to light as a result are continuing to see repercussions. The ripple...
Cate Maguire
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4 February 2020

Study finds abusers use parental alienation to gain contact with children
Earlier this month a study exploring the emergence and development of parental alienation (‘PA’) in England and Wales was published in the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. The...
John Bolch
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