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The list below is of the articles published on the site this year. Click the folders on the left hand side to browse the archive of articles now available on the site since we started publishing in 2005.

• Financial Remedy Update, May 2022
  Articles (12/05/2022)
  Nicola Rowling, Professional Support Lawyer, and Emily Elvin-Poole, Associate, at Mills & Reeve LLP consider the most important news and case law relating to financial remedies during April 2022.
• Financial Remedy Update, April 2022
  Articles (13/04/2022)
  Stephanie Hawthorn, Abigail Pearse and Victoria Potts, associates, and Holly Morrison-Carter, trainee, at Mills & Reeve LLP consider the most important news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during March 2022.
• Financial Provision for Adult Children: What Constitutes a ‘Special Circumstance’ under Schedule One after UD v DN [2021] EWCA Civ 1947, [2021] 1 WLR 595
  Articles (29/03/2022)
  Zoe Harrison, pupil barrister at One King's Bench Walk, explores Moylan LJ’s judgment and its focus on the importance of dependence.
• Financial Remedy Update, March 2022
  Articles (07/03/2022)
  Rose-Marie Drury and Sue Brookes, Principle Associates at Mills & Reeve LLP consider the most important news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during February 2022.
• A Brief Guide to the New No Fault Divorce Rules and Procedure
  Articles (04/03/2022)
  Teena Dhanota-Jones, Partner, Portner, sets out the procedure for divorce from 6 April 2022.
• FDR privilege and the risk to litigation funding after LS v PS
  Articles (25/02/2022)
  James Roberts QC, MCIArb of One King's Bench Walk considers the judgment in LS v PS [2021] EWFC 108 and the possible consequences for litigation funding in family cases.
• Financial Remedy Update, February 2022
  Articles (03/02/2022)
  Sue Brookes, Principle Associate and Nicola Rowlings, Professional Support Lawyer, at Mills & Reeve LLP consider the most important news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during January 2022.
• Blood alcohol testing: how PEth is leading the way
  Articles (31/01/2022)
  Harriet Challenger, Laboratory Manager (Toxicology) at AlphaBiolabs, breaks down what you need to know about Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) testing and how this – combined with EtG and EtPa hair testing – can give the most conclusive insight into an individual’s drinking behaviour.
• Financial Remedy Update, January 2022
  Articles (19/01/2022)
  Stephanie Hawthorn and Abigail Pearse, associates, and Rob Jackson, trainee solicitor, at Mills & Reeve LLP consider the most important news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during December 2021.
• How can parents prioritise children during their separation?
  Articles (12/01/2022)
  Swati Somaiya, partner and specialist family, collaborative and mediation lawyer at Excello Law, welcomes publication of Resolution’s Parenting through Separation and extols its wisdom for parents and lawyers alike
• Children: Public Law Update (Winter 2022)
  Articles (07/01/2022)
  John Tughan QC of 4PB considers recent judgments that public law child lawyers need to know about.
• Financial Remedy Update, November and December 2021
  Articles (13/12/2021)
  Sue Brookes, principal associate, and Robert Jackson, trainee solicitor, at Mills & Reeve LLP, consider the important news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during November 2021.
• The new family law and cultural revolution of Abu Dhabi: why Abu Dhabi remains forum non conveniens on financial remedy and children matters when compared to England
  Articles (25/11/2021)
  Byron James, Partner and Head of the Expatriate Law team in the United Arab Emirates, explains recent changes in the family of Abu Dhabi.
• Guarding Special Guardianship: the need for legal aid reform
  Articles (21/10/2021)
  Jessica Johnston, Legal Adviser with Family Rights Group, explains a major challenge to prospective special guardians and how it might be overcome.
• Less is more: my practical advice after almost forty years of practising
  Articles (12/10/2021)
  Gabrielle Jan Posner, Barrister and Recorder, Trinity Chambers, Chelmsford, passes on some hard-earned tips.
• Financial Remedy Update, October 2021
  Articles (08/10/2021)
  Stephanie Hawthorn, associate, and Robert Jackson, trainee solicitor, at Mills & Reeve LLP, consider the important news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during September 2021.
• Financial Remedy Update, September 2021
  Articles (09/09/2021)
  Rose-Marie Drury, Principal Associate at Mills and Reeve, consider the important news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during August 2021.
• Financial Remedy Update, August 2021
  Articles (09/09/2021)
  Abigail Pearse, Associate at Mills and Reeve, consider the important news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during July 2021.
• Rebalancing the Family Justice System
  Articles (10/08/2021)
  Syvil Lloyd Morris, Solicitor Advocate and co-founder of Bastian Lloyd Morris, challenges three precepts of the Family Justice System.
• The resolutions approach: misunderstood and under-used
  Articles (10/08/2021)
  Patrick Gilmore, barrister of Deans Court Chambers, describes how the resolutions approach might assist cases in which a parent denies the harm caused to a child.
• Is the public law family justice system failing those it is supposed to serve?
  Articles (05/08/2021)
  Celestine Greenwood, barrister of Exchange Chambers, offers a personal observation as to the extent that the family justice system adequately and properly serves our society.
• Financial Remedy Update, July 2021
  Articles (27/07/2021)
  Abigail Pearse and Stephanie Hawthorn, associates at Mills & Reeve LLP, consider the important news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during June 2021.
• Internal relocation and Covid-19
  Articles (27/07/2021)
  Eri Horrocks, associate with Hunters Law, considers the court’s approach to internal relocation cases in the light of F v G.
• Children: Public Law Update (Summer 2021)
  Articles (20/07/2021)
  John Tughan QC of 4PB considers recent judgments that public law child lawyers need to know about.
• Applying the CMS Formula in High Income Cases
  Articles (14/07/2021)
  Joshua Viney, barrister, and Henry Pritchard, pupil barrister, both of 1 Hare Court, explore the circumstances in which it might be unfair to apply the CMS formula.
• CGT and Divorce – changes ahead?
  Articles (10/07/2021)
  Jo Carr-West and Lara Barton, partners at Hunters Law LLP, explain recent recommendations that would assist divorcing couples in minimising and managing the CGT implications of separating their financial affairs.
• Financial Remedy Update, June 2021
  Articles (16/08/2021)
  Sue Brookes and Rose-Marie Drury, Principal Associates at Mills and Reeve, consider the important news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during May 2021.
• Parental Alienation: Where Are We All Going Wrong?
  Articles (14/06/2021)
  Ian McArdle, barrister of Atlantic Chambers, Liverpool, calls for a fact-finding approach to cases involving alleged parental alienation.
• When Two Worlds Collide – the interplay of SGOs and care orders in light of F v G [2021] EWCA Civ 622
  Articles (09/06/2021)
  Madeleine Whelan, barrister of Fourteen, analyses a recent Court of Appeal case that highlights the flexibility of the Children Act.
• Narcissism and Family Law – a practitioner’s guide
  Articles (04/06/2021)
  Karin Walker, Founder of KGW Family Law, provides a guide to help family lawyers identify and manage narcissistic behaviour in any divorce or separation.
• Bell v Tavistock and the Implications for Trans Children, Part 2: the Law after AB v CD and others
  Articles (24/05/2021)
  
• Anglo-Swiss Divorce Proceedings Post-Brexit, Part II: Recognition and Enforcement of Financial Orders
  Articles (19/05/2021)
  Roxane Reiser, barrister of 1 Hare Court, analyses the impact of Brexit on the recognition and enforcement of English financial orders in Switzerland.
• Resources and Section 25 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973
  Articles (28/04/2021)
  Joseph Rainer and Thomas Haggie, barristers of Queen Elizabeth Building, consider third-party assets and their bearing on the court’s assessment of resources in financial remedy cases.
• Departing from Equality in Farming Divorces
  Articles (22/04/2021)
  Nichola Bright, Senior Associate at Myerson, explains some of the difficulties inherent in divorces involving agricultural assets.
• Anglo-Swiss Divorce Proceedings Post-Brexit: Part I
  Articles (31/03/2021)
  Roxane Reiser, Barrister of 1 Hare Court, analyses the impact of Brexit on the recognition and enforcement of UK divorces and financial orders in Switzerland.
• Financial Remedy Update, March 2021
  Articles (26/03/2021)
  Naomi Shelton, Associate, Mills & Reeve LLP considers the important news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce.
• Children: Public Law Update (March 2021)
  Articles (24/03/2021)
  John Tughan QC of 4PB considers the latest judgments that Public law child lawyers need to know about.
• The Unequal Power to Grant and Remove PR from Biological Parents
  Articles (17/03/2021)
  Stephen Williams, Barrister, St Mary’s Chambers, calls for reconsideration of the restrictions on the acquisition of parental responsibility by fathers
• Capitalisation of Child Maintenance: a very rare bird
  Articles (16/03/2021)
  Jo Carr-West, partner with Hunters, considers the implications of Mr Justice Mostyn’s recent judgment in AZ v FM.
• Protecting Women Means Seriously Tracking Stalkers And Abusers
  Articles (16/03/2021)
  Baroness Jan Royall of Blaisdon, principal of Somerville College, Oxford and former leader of the House of Lords, explains why women will remain at risk until there is a coherent system of proactively identifying and monitoring serial stalkers and abusers.
• Contact after Findings of Domestic Abuse
  Articles (10/03/2021)
  Teena Dhanota-Jones, Consultant at Simons Muirhead Burton, analyses a recent case involving the interplay of the law on contact and Practice Direction 12J on domestic abuse.
• Money for Nothing? Crypto-assets and their Implications in Matrimonial and Private Client Work
  Articles (03/03/2021)
  Helen Brander, barrister of Pump Court Chambers, considers the current treatment by the courts and taxation authorities of crypto-assets
• The Covid-19 Pandemic as a Barder Event
  Articles (25/02/2021)
  Richard Kershaw, partner at Hunters Law LLP, considers the implications of Mr Justice Cohen’s judgment in FRB v DRC (No 3)
• Financial Remedy Update – February 2021
  Articles (11/02/2021)
  Rose-Marie Drury, Principal Associate, Mills & Reeve LLP considers the important news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during January 2021.
• Practice Direction 12J & Scott Schedules – Rearranging a spider’s web
  Articles (03/02/2021)
  Jeremy Ford, Partner at Cambridge Family Law Practice LLP, calls for clarity in the court’s attitude to Scott Schedules when considering what is relevant to its welfare determination
• Notification of Fathers and Wider Family Members in Relinquishment Cases: A Recap
  Articles (27/01/2021)
  Olivia Kirkbride, a pupil barrister at Coram Chambers, considers two recent, contrasting cases in which mothers sought to relinquish newly born children without notifying the fathers and family members.
• Breaching Legal Advice Privilege
  Articles (14/01/2021)
  Henry Clayton, barrister of 4PB, considers the circumstances in which documents which purport to be privileged are, in fact, admissible.
• Avoiding the Pitfalls of Remote / Hybrid Hearings: My Ten Top Tips
  Articles (05/01/2021)
  Gabrielle Jan Posner, Barrister and Recorder, Trinity Chambers Chelmsford, offers a few hard earned pointers to improve the remote hearing experience.
• Financial Remedy Update, January 2021
  Articles (21/01/2021)
  Naomi Shelton, Associate, Mills & Reeve LLP considers the important news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during December 2020.