7 Dec 2016Are settlement conferences appropriate?Dominic Raeside reflects on the benefits – or otherwise – of settlement conferences in children cases and whether FDAC is a meaningful comparison
6 Dec 2016Rise in work for family lawyers despite low divorce rateSolicitors attribute falling figures to rise in cohabitation and legal aid cuts
6 Dec 2016Keep calm and stop recordingIs it ever wise to make audio recordings of children for the purposes of litigation in family cases, asks Mariko Wilson
2 Dec 2016Power to the peopleWhy are family lawyers against settlement conferences, wonders Jean-Yves Gilg
2 Dec 2016Lawyers overwhelmingly hostile to settlement conferences in care proceedings‘Get ready for team-building days out with local authority managers', says barrister
29 Nov 2016'Why won't you listen?'Individuals going through a traumatic and bitter family breakdown find it difficult to submit to legal decisions, observes Hazel Wright
29 Nov 2016Pragmatic prenupsMore and more couples are considering prenuptial agreements, but do they understand their implications, wonders Pippa Allsop
23 Nov 2016A matter of equal choiceIt was not so long ago that same-sex couples were fighting for civil partnerships and marriage rights, but now heterosexual couples want those same choices, writes Kate Johnson