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NewsMemory lane
Rising number of practitioners, single civil court fears, the need for a family court and extradition and the Stonehouse case: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsFirm employee paid estate monies into his own company
Private client executive faked a note from beneficiary supposedly approving transfers.
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NewsFamily judge ‘wrong’ about overnight stays following rape finding
Order maintaining father's overnight contact 'tipped to the wrong side of the balancing scales', High Court finds.
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NewsFather does not have Article 6 right to lay advocate
Application suggested a 'fundamental misunderstanding' of right to fair trial, judge rules.
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NewsJudge slams lack of judicial diversity progress in family courts
Her Honour Judge Khatun Sapnara says there are plenty of black, Asian and minority ethnic lawyers with the requisite merit.
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NewsMother argues judge 'wrong' to allow overnight stays following rape findings
Fresh allegations are ‘plainly relevant to the child’s welfare in any risk assessment’, says counsel for mother.
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NewsNo-fault divorce: 'blame game' still rife, say family lawyers
New regime 'has led to more spouses littering financial statements with allegations of bad behaviour'.
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NewsVardags extends flexible working under new management
Ayesha Vardag's famed divorce boutique announces promotion of Manchester chief Emma Gill to managing partner.
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NewsHigh Court allows abuse victim to 'tell her story'
Court ‘profoundly sympathetic’ to mother in landmark transparency case who felt ‘let down’ by the family justice system.
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NewsProfits soar again at ABS pioneer Co-op Legal
Probate and estate administration giant has more than doubled income and quintupled earnings since 2021.
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NewsFirm complains to HMCTS over 13-month probate delay
Roche Legal calls out inconsistency after another case took only two months to be processed.
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NewsFirm hire: Trio of senior associates join mfg Solicitors
Sophie Shakeshaff, Jonathan Skilbeck and Jack Robinson are specialists in wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney and estate administration.
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NewsEmailing judgments without formal hand-down ‘unsatisfactory’
A judge at Wolverhampton family court emailed her judgment to a father, but fears it may have got lost in ‘junk’.
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NewsAdoption case is set on stage
Play Too Many Books explores complexities of international adoption.
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News'Get on with it': peers tell MoJ to make pre-nuptial agreements binding
Prominent peers back pre-nuptial agreements entering the statute book but opinion is divided on judicial discretion.
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News'My name is Amos and I am a judge': judicial guide for writing to children
President of the Family Division Sir Andrew McFarlane says toolkit has ‘potential to change culture’.
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NewsGovernment to consult on cohabitation reform
Minister tells MPs there is no need to wait until existing work on marriage and divorce law has concluded.