by reporting watch team | Aug 6, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This is post by Elizabeth Wark. Elizabeth is a barrister at Three Doctor Johnson’s Buildings specialising in civil and family law. She tweets as @ElizabethWark7 The Covid pandemic has profoundly affected lives and livelihoods. This blog explains a family court...
by Guest Post | Jul 30, 2021 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post from Rhys Taylor, The 36 Group. Barrister, Arbitrator, Mediator. Rhys tweets as @RhysTaylor32 and is co-editor of www.familyarbitrator.com. A plea to stay with me I will admit that if I were not a family lawyer, I probably would not be bothered...
by reporting watch team | Apr 17, 2021 | FCReportingWatch
During the pandemic, many Family Court hearings have been held remotely by telephone and video. The Financial Remedies Court (which deals with the financial aspects for divorcing couples) is now considering whether such hearings should continue after the pandemic and...
by Guest Post | Oct 19, 2020 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
This is a guest post by Jessica Smith, a newly qualified solicitor hoping to specialise in family law. Described as “a most unusual case”, the Family Court at the Royal Courts of Justice recently dismissed a forty-one-year-old son’s claim that the “bank of mum and...
by Polly Morgan | Jan 25, 2020 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Once, back when I was a full-time solicitor, I was telephoned for a divorce by a nice married couple. They were sitting at the kitchen table in one of their houses, having been separated for a number of years and each was happily living with a new partner. They were...
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