Family

Articles

Window of opportunity

Do landed estates represent acres of potential or could they become dangerous millstones? Sell up, borrow or diversify? Fiona Graham ?looks at how families are making their homes their business

Cohabitation reform is a divisive issue

While cohabitation rights may not be a vote winner, it is a priority for family practitioners and must be addressed, says Julia Thackray

Family business | Getting their day in court

We want clients to settle their divorces quickly and fairly, but when it comes to going to court we have to keep their best interests in mind says Marilyn Stowe

Book review

Nigel Shepherd reads the second edition of International Trust and Divorce Litigation

Disappearing act

The Presumption of Death Act 2013 is giving families of missing persons some relief at a highly emotional and complex time, says Clare Archer

Update | Divorce: responses to the Children and Families Bill

Austin Chessell looks at responses to the Children and Families Bill and asks what it could mean for mediators

Workshop: Protecting company and family assets in divorce proceedings

Frances Sieber considers the steps family lawyers can take to protect a client's interests on divorce where, as in Prest, a spouse has shares in a private company

Direct access shouldn't divide the professions

A suggestion by The Times that direct access could halve the costs of divorce is inaccurate and untrue, says Emily Boardman