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• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.