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Family Division President begins ‘transparency review’

Family Division President Sir Andrew McFarlane has launched a new review of ‘transparency’ measures within the family courts. Greater public and media access to family…

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First female Supreme Court President retires

Lady Hale, the first female President of the Supreme Court, has retired after two years and three months in the role. She has been succeeded…

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Reflections on a decade of change in family law

Today is not only the last day of the year: it is the last day of the decade that began on January 1 2010. Our…

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McKenzie Friends ‘mislead’ family litigants

Unqualified courtroom advisors can provide litigants with biased and misleading advice, researchers have claimed. McKenzie Friends provide assistance to ‘litigants in person’: people who are…

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Calls on lawyers to help unrepresented litigants

Britain’s most senior family law judge has called on lawyers to help fund a struggling legal charity. Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division…

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Drug driving…

After examining the complexities of drink driving and associated road traffic law, it’s time to look at its lesser known cousin drug driving. In times…

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Drink driving and ‘special reasons’

Within road traffic law and more specifically drink driving regulations, ‘special reasons’ is not a defence. However, if argued successfully, it may keep you on…

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‘Tis the season

As the party season approaches, its time to look at the perils of drink drive and drug driving. Offence Codes: DR10 DR20 DR30 DR40 DR50…

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Are you exceptional?

In our last post we encountered Fred, who has a busy life and an large, unruly family. As a result of ignoring a request from…

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The need for speed: part 2

Read part one here Once you have established that you received the Notice of Intended Prosecution within the correct timeframe, the next (and some would…

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The need for speed: part one

Brown envelopes on the doormat are rarely a cause for celebration, particularly when they contain a message from the police that they have evidence of…

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Mobile phones …. the sequel

To quote Phil Collins, this is a land of confusion … if you can manage to negotiate your way past Brexit in the media, you…

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