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2 Dec 2024

Resolution’s report on domestic abuse in financial remedy proceedings

Adele Cameron-Douglas, a Barrister at 4PB, takes a closer look at the new report by Resolution and, in doing so, shares her first-hand experience of the challenges faced by clients raising domestic abuse in the context of financial remedy proceedings

14 Nov 2024

Stand-off from Standish: where now for the reform of English financial divorce law

With proposals for reform due from the Law Commission, Andrew Barton, a Partner at Stephens Scown LLP, asks whether a recent Court of Appeal decision is likely to lead to greater predictability in the law or an increased likelihood of statutory reform

12 Nov 2024

ADR offers attractive alternative in family trust and inheritance disputes

Alternative Dispute Resolution offers families a cost-effective, confidential, and less adversarial path for resolving inheritance and probate disputes, says Gonzalo Butori

31 Oct 2024

Economic abuse in financial remedy cases

Marilyn Bell, a Partner and Head of Family Law at SA Law, takes a look at the new report by Resolution, a community of family justice professionals who work with families and individuals to resolve issues in a constructive way, which is focused on the connection between domestic abuse and how the courts are dealing with finances on divorce

30 Oct 2024

The recent ruling in a case involving posthumous conception

Natalie Sutherland, a Partner at Burgess Mee, discusses in detail the recent ruling in a case involving posthumous conception

14 Oct 2024

The bleak legacy of the 2013 legal aid cuts: a rise in litigants in person and a family court system in crisis

Cate Maguire, a Senior Associate at Kingsley Napley LLP, describes the extra pressure on the family court as a result of the increase in litigants in person and the challenges faced by those who are unable to afford legal representation before the family court

8 Oct 2024

Financial remedy: Do we still share and share alike after Standish?

Katharine Bundell, Barrister at 4PB, dissects the ruling in Standish and what it means for fairness in terms of the division of marital assets

3 Oct 2024

Increased case disposals in family courts signal positive shift

More families are reaching quicker resolutions, but challenges persist without substantial investment in the court system, writes Lauren Evans