This article arises from the author's role at the Resolution debate in October 2015 in proposing the motion, 'this house believes there should be no barrier to one lawyer representing both parties in ...

Julien Foster, Barrister, Goldsmith Chambers. A new President's Direction (PD) in relation to court bundles came into force on 2 October 2006. It replaces the existing President's Practice Direction ...

RACHEL LANGDALE and RICHARD MILLER QCs, Members of the Bar Council Professional Practice Committee Family lawyers will be familiar with the professional judgments which arise when clients reveal ...

The International Family Law Arbitration Scheme (IFLAS), first covered by Family Law in June, has been launched today (4 September 2017) at the 16th Australian Family Lawyers Conference, held in Fiji.

Third party interventions have been relatively rare in the Chitty, 1834 'The Practice of Law', at 497-498). An early explanation of the practice can be found in Dalrymple v Dalrymple (1811): ‘The ...

Here we have two main policy recommendations. One is for the statutory confirmation of the abolition of the public policy rule that contracts contemplating a future (not actual) divorce are void - a ...

Yedina v Yedin and another [2017] EWHC 3319 (Ch) was an interesting case which highlighted the importance of seeking advice from a family lawyer when planning to divorce. A couple married in Ukraine ...

Reacting to the report of the Family Mediation Task Force, published this week, Resolution's vice-chair, Nigel Shepherd, said: 'Resolution welcomes many of the recommendations in the report. In ...

In its official response to the Family Justice Review today (download below), the government has announced plans to introduce legislation ensuring children maintain an ongoing relationship with both ...

Am I the only family lawyer who has a problem with Caroline Dinenage's ministerial portfolio that covers Women, Equalities and Family Justice? Her women and equalities responsibilities include women ...

Family analysis: Did the court, in deciding on financial provision, have jurisdiction to make a global maintenance order? Liz Cowell, partner at McAlister Family Law, looks at the issues of ‘global’ ...

Practitioners considering the judgment of Lord Justice MacFarlane in M (A Child) [2014] EWCA Civ 1755 may note with interest his comments on the notion of shared care and the place that it has (or ...