The Relaunch of Family Mediation

I’ve been working in and around family and child law for more than 30 years, during which several different UK governments and departments have discovered family mediation, as if the first time. ‘Mediation is quicker, cheaper, less stressful, more...

Royal wills: why the Queen’s is different

In two previous posts we’ve discussed the fate of the late Prince Philip’s will. Following an application by his executors, the court made an order sealing it up for 90 years. There were questions about how transparent those proceedings were, but the basic rule that...