Family

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23 Apr 2013

Co-op launches 'massive expansion' of family legal aid service

23 bank branches offering advice under 78 legal aid contracts

19 Apr 2013

Behind the business curve

Andrew Newbury and Ursula Rice ran the business development workshop at Resolution's conference. Here they share their thoughts on how you can increase your practice's top line by 5 per cent

19 Apr 2013

Break up, make up: a family system fit for the 21st century

As changes to legal aid are implemented and the modernisation of the family courts gets under way, family law practitioner group Resolution mark a momentous year in more ways than one. Emily Bater visits Resolutions 25th annual conference and speaks to chair Liz Edwards

10 Apr 2013

Family business | Legal band aid

Although many solicitors are prepared to do what they can to defend access to justice for the most vulnerable members of society, it will never be enough without legal aid, argues Marilyn Stowe

2 Apr 2013

One in five divorcees left with a lower standard of living

Lawyers must introduce fixed fees, says Co-op Legal Services

28 Mar 2013

It's family law, but not how we knew it

Should law firms be responsible for means testing clients to establish what they can afford to pay for legal advice? Toby Hales weighs up the cost of cuts to publicly funded family law

28 Mar 2013

Family mediation service aims to fill gap left by LASPO

Lawyer Supported Mediation launches across London on 1 April

22 Mar 2013

Lost in translation: lifting the corporate veil in divorce

The division of family and commercial judges will not 'alone dictate the lifting of the corporate veil in divorce, 'says Tom Bailey, but hard facts make bad law