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Hair strand testing – pitfalls and limitations
This is a guest post by Lucy Taylor. Lucy is a pupil barrister at Coram Chambers. When it is disputed whether a person uses drugs, the family court can – and often does - order hair strand testing to determine the issue. This article draws upon the work of lawyer...
Reporting Pilot expanded across England
As anticipated, the Reporting Pilot is now being extended to more courts - another 16, as well as the existing pilot in Cardiff, Carlisle and Leeds. We have copied the Judiciary press release below. As more metropolitan courts are now included, we may well see a lot...
What is a rubric and why does it matter?
We're posting a link to this new article by Sir James Munby, retired President of the Family Division, which has been published by the Financial Remedies Journal here - The Use and Misuse of the Rubric in the Family Courts The article isn't just about financial cases...
Legal blogging – parents’ evidence in a private law contact dispute
Attending a case under the Reporting Pilot at Cardiff court recently, two questions arose for me that might be recognised more widely in private law disputes: How does a judge manage a fair hearing where one party is represented by a barrister and the other party has...
New reporting pilot for Financial Remedies Courts
The 'Reporting Pilot' currently operates in three family courts with regard to cases about children. A new pilot is to begin in cases about financial disputes on divorce. The following press release was sent out by the Judicial Press Office on 14 December: ***...
What happened to the Ks?
Further to our post on the Court of Appeal judgment in April 2022, 'K v K – Court of Appeal give guidance on fact-finding hearings and on MIAMs', here is an in-depth analysis of the developments in the Re K case. Many thanks for this guest post by Charlotte Baker, a...
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