Are settlement conferences appropriate?Dominic Raeside reflects on the benefits – or otherwise – of settlement conferences in children cases and whether FDAC is a meaningful comparison
Rise in work for family lawyers despite low divorce rateSolicitors attribute falling figures to rise in cohabitation and legal aid cuts
Keep calm and stop recordingIs it ever wise to make audio recordings of children for the purposes of litigation in family cases, asks Mariko Wilson
Lawyers overwhelmingly hostile to settlement conferences in care proceedings'Get ready for team-building days out with local authority managers', says barrister
'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
Pragmatic prenupsMore and more couples are considering prenuptial agreements, but do they understand their implications, wonders Pippa Allsop
A 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