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29 October 2021

Language Matters: time to reframe our national vocabulary for family breakdown
Language matters. In his famous 1946 essay Politics and the English Language, George Orwell pointed out that there is a relationship of cause and effect between what we say or write and what we...
Helen Adam
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29 October 2021

Financial support for family and friends carers (kinship carers)
The House of Commons Library has published a briefing paper explaining what help is available for grandparents/other family and friends carers (also known as kinship carers) looking after...
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29 October 2021

Cafcass publishes equality, diversity and inclusion strategic objectives
The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has launched its equality, diversity and inclusion strategic objectives that will guide the development of the ‘Equality, Diversity...
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21 October 2021

PPI publishes research on the impact of divorce on pensions wealth
The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has published new findings in a paper entitled ‘Pensions and Divorce: Exploratory Analysis of Quantitative Data’. The research, which was jointly sponsored by the...
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21 October 2021

Mandatory mediation debate to resurface amidst government dispute resolution consultation
In March the government launched what was then widely publicised as a ‘temporary’ voucher scheme designed to improve the take-up of family mediation for separating families with children. An...
Jane Robey
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21 October 2021

President’s Memorandum: Experts in the Family Court
On 4 October 2021, the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, published a memorandum on experts in the Family Court. ...
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21 October 2021

Further courts added to public law children pilot and coronavirus Practice Directions extended
The 7th Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010) Practice Direction update of 2021 has been published.The Practice Direction update makes amendments to three Practice Directions: FPR 2010, PD...
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14 October 2021

Speech by the President of the Family Division: Supporting Families in Conflict: There is a better way
On 8 October 2021, the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, gave a speech to the Jersey International Family Law Conference, setting out his priorities for family justice for the...
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8 October 2021

The Importance of Obtaining a Recognised Jewish Get when Jewish Couples Divorce and what more is being done to protect 'chained' wives
Partner Lucy Greenwood & trainee Solicitor Feriha Tayfur update their review of Jewish divorces ('Get') and   potential solutions to family law practitioners and clients who need to...
Lucy Greenwood Feriha Tayfur
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8 October 2021

Family Law Awards 2021: final opportunity to vote for your winners!
The Family Law Awards 2021 shortlist is now out! The full shortlist can be viewed here.As is tradition, three of the awards (Family Law Clerking Team of the Year, Family Law Commentator of the Year...
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