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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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Heterosexual civil partnerships: the other side of equality

Earlier this month a door that has long been closed was finally opened: heterosexual couples can now enter civil partnerships as an alternative to marriage…

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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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A few thoughts on cohabitation

Not so long ago, cohabitation was a rarity. It was taken for granted that a committed couple would marry and a whole system of divorce…

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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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Government announces new support for adoptive families

The government has announced an extension to the Adoption Support Fund, which helps families with adopted children access therapy and support services. Education Secretary Gavin…

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Divorce claims by wife of Russian billionaire thrown out

The High Court has set aside the permission previously granted to the wife of a Russian billionaire to puruse divorce settlement in the English courts.…

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Separated parents on low incomes ‘need more help’

Separated parents on low incomes who rely on government benefits to survive need more help, the Social Security Advisory Committee has claimed. In a new…

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Supreme Court overturns ruling for child to return to Israel

The Court of Appeal did not properly consider the welfare of the two year old daughter of divorcing parents, the Supreme Court has ruled. In…

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Cohabitation in the US has ‘tripled in 20 years’

The number of couples in the United States living together without being married has almost tripled in 21 years according to newly published figures from…

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Demand for civil partnerships continues to rise

Despite the availability of marriage for same sex couples, surprising numbers are continuing to enter civil partnerships, new figures reveal. Last year 956 couples entered…

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Decision: Boy born following an affair should be told

A boy born following an affair should be told that the man he believed to be his father is not in fact his biological parent…

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