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New Year to bring divorce and tax questions

Five key tax considerations divorcing couples should ponder

The doctor-lawyer conundrum

Pippa Allsop wonders why the only career options that many children will ever hear about enough times to stick in their minds are either law or a medicine

Let there be light

The lack of transparency in the family courts is preventing practitioners and the law from progressing, say Kate Landells and Jemma Thomas

New divorce service will 'spark a sea-change' in how separation is handled

HJA's fixed-fee offering said to appeal to middle-income families hoping to avoid the 'appalling profligacy' of legal expenditure

Family law is being 'dumbed down'

Lawyers expect to see an increase in the number of divorces as the economy improves

Civil partnerships can now be converted into marriages

'Historic legislation' could be the end of the line for civil partnerships

Add-backs on divorce

Before pursuing a claim for add-backs, consider the merits of your client's case, advises Claire Reid

Mediation in the age of reduced legal aid

We are currently in the third annual Family Dispute Resolution Week, a campaign organised by Resolution and supported by many family lawyers to promote alternative, non-court ways of resolving family disputes.