Wed Dec 07 2016
Are settlement conferences appropriate?
Dominic Raeside reflects on the benefits – or otherwise – of settlement conferences in children cases and whether FDAC is a meaningful comparisonFamily
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Tue Dec 06 2016
Rise in work for family lawyers despite low divorce rate
Solicitors attribute falling figures to rise in cohabitation and legal aid cutsTue Dec 06 2016
Keep calm and stop recording
Is it ever wise to make audio recordings of children for the purposes of litigation in family cases, asks Mariko WilsonFri Dec 02 2016
Power to the people
Why are family lawyers against settlement conferences, wonders Jean-Yves GilgFri Dec 02 2016
Lawyers overwhelmingly hostile to settlement conferences in care proceedings
‘Get ready for team-building days out with local authority managers', says barristerTue Nov 29 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 WrightTue Nov 29 2016
Pragmatic prenups
More and more couples are considering prenuptial agreements, but do they understand their implications, wonders Pippa AllsopWed Nov 23 2016
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