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John Rosley, Rosleys Solicitors, Nottingham, Solicitor for the claimant. The case of Singh v Bhakar in which judgment was delivered in the Nottingham County Court on 24 July 2006, received a ...

Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, reiterates the message being given as he embarks upon his tour of every care centre in the country. He discusses the reforms currently being faced by ...

The Financial Remedies Unit at the Central Family Court is running a pilot scheme for an accelerated First Appointment procedure in financial remedy proceedings. The FRU hears thousands of cases each ...

It is that time of the year! Time for the LexisNexis' annual Family Law Awards. The Awards were launched to recognise the important work of family lawyers, and celebrate their many successes and ...

A recent statistical bulletin published by the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) indicates success for women receiving appointments to the judicial bench in England and Wales, with almost half ...

In Wodzicki v Wodzicki [2017] EWCA Civ 95 the trial judge held that the claimant held the legal title of a property on trust with the respondent having a life interest with any other interest to be ...

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, the Thatcher Government fixed its sights on child maintenance. In January 1990, in what was to be her last year in office, Mrs Thatcher (as she then was) ...

This article was originally published in the December issue of Family Law at [2014] Fam Law 1765 and has been made available free of charge. It has been updated by the authors since its original ...

Nigel Shepherd is in the hot seat facing questions from Rebecca Bailey-Harris of 1 Hare Court in the latest episode in our Family Law Insights series. In addition to being National Head of Family Law ...

There are more than 85 unofficial Sharia courts operating in the UK, a new report by the rightwing think tank Civitas has revealed. The courts, which usually apply Sharia law in family or financial ...