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21 December 2020

Bursting Bubbles: The One Day of Christmas
Earlier this month, Family Law published my article summarising Government Guidance on the formation of Christmas Bubbles for a five-day period between 23 and 27 December 2020. In light of the Prime...
Matthew Booth
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9 December 2020

Virtual Witnessing of a Will
Private Client solicitors have widely reported a significant increase in Will-making enquiries during the Covid-19 pandemic. However lockdown measures presented a number of challenges, particularly...
Michelle Chapman Conor Keane
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9 December 2020

A Day in the life of the new International Family Law journal editors
International Family Law journal is delighted to announce the appointment of two new editors: Barbara Mills QC and Michael Edwards. We interviewed them about their careers.What is your job, and what...
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9 December 2020

Behaviour-based divorces still merit close consideration
Some recent cases illustrate the evidential and procedural issues involved in dealing with proofs on the merits of divorce, which are worth considering even though most cases may conclude on a...
Dianne Millen
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9 December 2020

Fifth femicide census shows "a serious failing and indicates a lack of will to tackle root causes" of killings of women by men in the UK
The Femicide Census has produced its fifth, and most comprehensive, report to date of women killed by men in the UK.The disturbing, UK-wide, ten-year report [2009-2018], which includes expert...
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9 December 2020

Experience the Family Law Awards from your computer!
The tenth running of the annual Family Law Awards went ahead as scheduled on Wednesday 25th November. However, since the pandemic meant that our usual venue of the Ballroom, South Bank was...
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3 December 2020

Resolution issues Brexit notes for family lawyers ahead of IP completion day
Family lawyer organisation, Resolution, has issued two joint notes to assist family lawyers in England and Wales ahead of the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period at 11 pm on 31 December...
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3 December 2020

Online filing is real-time on New Year's Eve: practice direction change to accommodate EU withdrawal arrangements
I have heard that there will be an amendment to the relevant practice directions to provide that online applications received on New Year’s Eve after 4:30 PM and before 11:00 PM will count as receipt...
David Hodson OBE MCIArb
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3 December 2020

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust v AB
The issue in this case concerned AB’s capacity to make specific decisions about treatment relating to her anorexia nervosa. She was 28 years old and had suffered with anorexia since the age of 13 when...
Sarah Williams
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3 December 2020

EU laws continue until at least 2038 and beyond
The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020.  But in matters of law it fully leaves on 31 December 2020.  But EU laws will continue to apply, and be applied, in the English family courts from 1...
David Hodson OBE MCIArb
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