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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
Articles Separators 9 December 2020
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3 December 2020

Christmas bubbles – the five days of Christmas
On 24 November, the UK Government published Guidance entitled ‘Making a Christmas bubble with friends and family’. This Guidance (agreed between all four countries of the UK) covers the...
Matthew Booth
Articles Separators 3 December 2020
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26 November 2020

Lockdown 2: how does it affect child contact?
No sooner had clarity been obtained as to how child contact would work within and across the tier system, than the government announced its suspension in England.  From 5 November 2020, a 4-week...
Megan Bennie
Articles Separators 26 November 2020
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10 November 2020

HMCTS shares recovery measures for civil and family courts amid coronavirus (COVID-19)
HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has published an overview of its civil and Family Courts and tribunals recovery plan amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In order to maintain the access...
News Separators 10 November 2020
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4 November 2020

Remote hearings in the family justice system: follow-up consultation report from Nuffield Family Justice Observatory
Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the introduction of social distancing measures, the family courts in England and Wales rapidly adapted to using telephone and video hearings. In...
News Separators 4 November 2020
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30 October 2020

How does Child Contact work across the Tier System?
The government has, with considerable controversy, introduced a system of tiers across England to try to stop the second wave of the Covid-19 virus taking hold and causing significant problems within...
Megan Bennie
Articles Separators 30 October 2020
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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...
Sarah Jane Lenihan
Articles Separators 16 October 2020
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30 September 2020

Nuffield FJO Remote Hearings Follow Up Survey
The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane has announced the commencement of a further consultation on remote and hybrid hearings in the family court.The consultation will run for...
News Separators 30 September 2020
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8 September 2020

Postponing weddings and prenups
Since 4 July small weddings have had the ‘go ahead’ to start again. Whilst this is great news for some, for many couples the notion of a socially distanced wedding has simply led to...
Christina Pippas
News Separators 8 September 2020
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1 September 2020

New HMCTS Cloud Video Platform training available
HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has made available new training on the subject of HMCTS Kinly Cloud Video Platform (CVP), which sets out what CVP is, how to access a CVP room through the...
News Separators 1 September 2020
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