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Power to the people

Why are family lawyers against settlement conferences, wonders Jean-Yves Gilg

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 prenups

More and more couples are considering prenuptial agreements, but do they understand their implications, wonders Pippa Allsop

A matter of equal choice

It 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

Litigant in person's 'misconceived' applications an abuse of process

Munby J rejects serial litigant's 'scurrilous' allegations

The government needs to be brave and introduce no fault divorce

Removing fault from online proceedings could ease the courts' administrative burden and lower costs

Sharia councils and the question of legal plurality

UK divorce law should be fit for purpose for a multicultural society so that British Muslims can seek the right solutions to their legal problems, writes Nazmin Akthar