Family

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£100m legal aid shortfall for family lawyers

Solicitors and barristers will need to adapt and innovate as fees disappear

Court refers just 2 per cent of parties to mediation

Family lawyers should be 'incentivised' by government to refer clients to mediation

Four-week suspended sentence for former husband who failed to pay divorce settlement

High Court finds Michael Prest had wilfully refused or neglected to pay maintenance

Pre-nups on the up

More clients understand the benefit in preparing pre-nuptial agreements should the worst happen, says Sarah Balfour

Ex-husband facing prison sentence for non-payment of divorce settlement

Judge hears of 'false' claims of impoverishment designed to mislead the court

Instant injustice

We need more than fine words and 'fine-tuning' for family law reform, says Marilyn Stowe

Help at hand

Investing and managing a lump-sum divorce settlement is not straightforward, and it's a first-time responsibility for many individuals, says Rohan Armes

State of play: compensation awards and advance decisions

Lynsey Colman reviews recent cases from the Court of Protection, which look at gifts and refusal of blood treatment on grounds of faith