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On the 3rd of March the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill, which aims to bring in a system of no-fault divorce, went through its committee stage in the House of Lords. The debate was quite lengthy, commencing at 4.11 pm and ending at 9.33 pm, and covered a lot of ground. Obviously, I cannot go through it all in detail here, […] More
Holly Rampy Baird selected to Up-and-Coming 100, Up-and-Coming 50 Women Attorneys listings DALLAS – Boutique Family Law firm Orsinger, Nelson, Downing & Anderson partner Holly Rampy Baird has earned selection to the 2020 Texas Rising Stars list for her work in family law, an honor she has received since 2014. Ms. Baird’s Family Law expertise has also […] More
Three stories this week: one not as significant as some have indicated, and two that are very significant. The wife who “sacrificed” career for marriage awarded compensation A wife who “sacrificed” her career as a solicitor so that she could look after her children has been awarded £400,000 compensation as part of a financial remedies award. The wife had met the husband at a law […] More
After a busy week last week, the family law news this week has been rather thin. I did, however, come up with two stories: Training for Judges The judiciary has announced new training for judges, responding to concerns about the attitude of judges towards the issue of sexual consent. The concerns arose from a recent […] More
This week in family law it’s all about Cafcass statistics, Islamic marriage and more… Cafcass statistics The latest figures for public law (including care) applications and private law demand, for December 2019, have been published by Cafcass. In that month the service received a total of 1,541 new public law applications (involving 2,417 children), 91 […] More
A time for reflection The past and future of family law: It seems to be a time for judicial and other reflection upon the history of our family justice system. Only in December, I wrote here about a speech by the President of the Family Division Sir Andrew McFarlane, in which he looked back at […] More
Crisis in private family law: As I mentioned here on Friday, the former President of the Family Division Sir James Munby has warned about a ‘crisis in private family law’, in a speech that he prepared for a conference on shared parenting in Edinburgh (in the event he did not deliver the speech, as he was unable to attend […] More
Public support for legal aid The public overwhelmingly supports legal aid, the Law Society has said, as it marked the anniversary of the government’s review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (‘LASPO’), which abolished legal aid for most private law family cases. The Society said that public backing was strongest for funding […] More
