Features – Page 6
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FeatureThe role of mediation in family disputes
The need to promote the benefits of family mediation has never been greater.
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FeatureGiving something back during the pandemic
Forsters’ family team helps support victims of domestic violence through various local and national charities.
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FeatureParental alienation and narcissism in relationship breakdown
Increasing feature with separating couples is the charge that, typically, the man is a narcissist and the mother is alienating the children from the father. Is it always the reality?
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FeatureLaw Commission’s consultation on marriage reforms
Much needed change is now on the horizon and it can’t come soon enough.
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FeatureThe need for certainty on wills
Management and supervision of remote will executions should be made a reserved activity.
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FeatureAdministering estates during the coronavirus pandemic
Lockdown has made it hard for personal representatives to administer estates within a reasonable period of time.
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FeatureIn the giving vein
It is hard to imagine the charitable sector without lawyers, yet the interaction between the two has not always been harmonious.
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FeatureSurrogate babies left in legal limbo
With Covid-19 restrictions and borders locked, families are not able to travel to collect their babies born by international surrogacy.
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FeatureFamily fortunes
A huge backlog of family cases, increased by lockdown, is just one of many challenges facing family lawyers, writes Katharine Freeland
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FeatureCoronavirus Q&A: Inheritance tax relief for emergency workers
Common queries answered about inheritance tax relief for ‘blue light’ workers.
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FeatureCoronavirus Q&A: Family law
Common questions answered around family and children’s law during the Covid-19 outbreak.
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FeatureAvailability of two-plus-two marriage ceremonies
Figures suggest that in some areas it is virtually impossible for a couple to book a two-plus-two ceremony within a few months of deciding to marry.
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FeatureHow will the coronavirus impact family law?
Outbreak could have a big effect on family cases, particularly those with an international element.
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FeatureFinancial Remedies Courts
The Good Practice Protocol sets out some important developments in respect of best practice.
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FeatureWe can work it out
Policymakers love the concept of mediation – a reasonable, cost-effective and grown-up process to keep people out of court. So why is take-up of family mediation not higher?
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