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Poor costs information accounts for quarter of divorce complaints

Twenty one per cent of complainants not given an initial fee estimate, LeO reports

Mediation fails to reduce litigation over children

Solicitors and courts to blame for limiting impact of MIAMs

Equality at last for same-sex couples?

Marriage is more than mere attorneyship, but to properly advise clients lawyers need to pay close attention to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, say Ann Northover and Spencer Clarke

Absurd excuses won't wash in court

Elizabeth Hicks reflects on the implications of a High Court decision to jail a husband for not disclosing financial information to his estranged wife

MPs give overwhelming support to same-sex marriage

400 voted in favour of the bill despite Tory rebellion

'The Rubicon has been crossed' on family arbitration, Baker J says

Judge speaks out after first reference of dispute by the courts

The inevitable family legal aid exodus

With so much pressure on family legal aid, it's no wonder lawyers are about to leave the sector in droves, says Christina Blacklaws

Celebrity divorces are not the norm

Dissolving a marriage is not the quick and easy process it may seem, says Siobhan Kelly