All Family and children articles – Page 50
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Opinion
Child protection
Outcome of case where judge considered deductions of success fees and insurance premiums from children’s compensation is worrying.
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OpinionUnbundling is not the answer
The LSB is pushing firms to offer a half-service, but is this a good idea?
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NewsSolicitor firm shuns SRA for bar regulator
Family firm becomes BSB-regulated entity – despite having no barrister on its team.
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NewsCouple win £20k damages in landmark childcare case
‘Loving’ parents awarded £10,000 each after their eight children were ‘unlawfully’ kept away from them by a local authority.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Cohabitation: Law, Practice and Precedents (6th edition)
This pioneering guide - now bolstered by a CD - continues to raise its game.
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FeatureCriminal law changes – part 2
New offences, including those related to improper use of police powers, private sexual photographs and juries.
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NewsCo-op Legal heralds turnaround after £200k half-year profits
Figures a far cry from first half of 2014, when losses came to more than £5m.
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NewsDivorce party hit for £334k costs after ‘blatant dishonesty’
Family court judge says costs award should deter others from similar conduct.
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OpinionEuropean lawyers in history
Two very different lawyers from recent history were involved in struggles which we recognise today.
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NewsRise in divorce cases signals mediation failure
Number of new private law cases has risen year-on-year for the third month in a row, figures from Cafcass show.
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NewsJudge dismisses LIP's bid to get solicitor jailed
High Court finds litigant in person culpable of ’abuse of process’.
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NewsJudge criticises LAA over translation costs
Legal Aid Agency was invited to clarify its position in relation to document translation costs.
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NewsEnforce family court orders but don’t jail debtors – Society
Chancery Lane calls for more streamlined process for ensuring creditors are paid.
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NewsU-turn over GPS tagging cost in family case
Ministry of Justice agrees to make an exception in funding the cost of providing electronic tagging in family proceedings.
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NewsMore divorcing couples turning to mediation, provider says
Calls to National Family Mediation have more than doubled in the past year.
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NewsBar takes aim at solicitors in family court advocacy
Two principal branches of the profession clashed last week after the bar called for a review of advocacy in family law.
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NewsNew family court opens in push to encourage ADR
The designated family judge for London behind the initiative says there was a need for the court ‘to provide more than just a trial process’.
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News
Separating couples ‘giving up on courts’ due to firm closures
Drop in private law cases reflects the large number of separating parents who have given up on courts, says Cafcass.
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NewsSolicitor-advocates harming family justice – bar
The Bar Council and Family Law Bar Association have warned that the growing number of solicitors conducting family advocacy is causing a ‘risk of injustice’.