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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
10 June 2024
Knock knock knockin’ on hearing’s door - what happens when the press come to the family court?
Due to the nature of family law disputes, hearings in the family court often contain information which is “private”, intimate, personal, and/or sensitive. While press attendance of family court hearings has been a possibility for many years, in reality the press have tended not to take up this opportunity given the restrictive rules around publication (unless, of course, it is a high-profile person or something particularly salacious).
29 May 2024
Court as a last resort!
How you approach resolving a dispute with your ex-partner, whether regarding finances or your children, is an important first step in your case and can set the tone moving forward. Whilst previously, alternative ways of resolving disputes outside of court proceedings (now defined as non-court dispute resolution or ‘NCDR’)were always available options, under new procedure rules that have recently come intof force there is now a far greater expectation that parties should actively engage in NCDR throughout the entirety of proceedings with possible financial consequences if they do not.
21 May 2024
Les conséquences involontaires du PACS – attention au piège
Le Pacte Civil de Solidarité (PACS) est un contrat conclu entre deux adultes non mariées, de même sexe ou de sexe opposé, qui leur permet d'organiser leur vie commune. L'enregistrement de l'union civile entre les conjoints se fait à la mairie. Le contrat de PACS peut également être rédigé par un notaire afin que les clauses de leur contrat soient adaptées à leur situation familiale et financière.
8 May 2024
Diverse minds, Diverse decisions: How is neurodiversity considered in the Family Justice System?
Amidst the growing awareness and understanding of neurodiversity in the UK, there has been a notable surge in adults being diagnosed with conditions like autism and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in particular. It is estimated that around 1 in 7 people in the UK are neurodivergent. This cultural shift has left parents and families navigating the family justice system increasingly curious about how their, their spouse or their child's neurodiversity will factor into the court's decision-making process. This blog will address if and how the family justice system accounts for a parent or child’s neurodiversity in children proceedings and financial remedy proceedings.
3 May 2024
Time for collaborative law to come of age
Twenty years ago, collaborative family practice arrived in the UK from across the Atlantic and was poised to take the family law sector in England and Wales by storm. Some may say that the storm has passed, but for those of us still making use of the collaborative process and the opportunities it presents to our clients, it feels very ‘now’. The court backlog and the 29 April changes to the Family Procedure Rules (FPR) to encourage the use of non-court dispute resolution (including collaborative law) make this particularly timely.
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