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NewsFamily firm overturns ombudsman’s £15,700 award
High Court judge reduces the costs awarded to the firm to ‘reflect the court’s disapproval’ of firm’s failure to file relevant evidence at the appropriate time.
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NewsTrix of the trade
Law commission says its recommendations for electronic wills would ensure the law is fit for purpose for the modern age; but not everything is being updated.
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NewsSolicitors could still face sanction for delays caused by other parties, LeO warns
When a client complains, the ombudsman will want to see evidence firms tried to progress matters.
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NewsIn depth: Poor communication driving complaints, private client conference hears
Some solicitors are providing written information too late, or exceeding cost estimates without warning clients.
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NewsJudge's scepticism of mother not the fault of negligent solicitors
Findings of inconsistencies in a mother’s evidence could not be laid at the door of her former solicitors, Court of Appeal finds.
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NewsJudge who sits on family cases failed to protect children from abusive partner
Deputy district judge cannot be named, despite the press arguing that anonymity could reduce trust in the justice system.
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NewsFamily justice delays double legal aid spend
Spending watchdog criticises lack of government data to understand why cases are taking so long.
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NewsCautious welcome for Law Commission's wills reform blueprint
Specialists say proposed reforms will clarify the law - but could also lead to court battles.
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NewsAllow electronic wills, Law Commission tells government
Draft bill would also abolish the rule that marriage revokes a will.
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NewsEfficient service? MPs to probe family court system
Ministry of Justice and Department for Education officials will be grilled on why families are waiting up to a year for their cases to be resolved.
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NewsFamily judge lambasts 'obfuscatory disclosure'
Court's approach to £1.2m financial remedy order ‘necessitated by the husband’s dishonesty’.
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NewsFirm hire: Hall Brown Family Law appoints joint head of London office
Senior lawyer Priya Palanivel has spent much of her career working within a boutique family law firm environment.
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NewsMemory lane
Rising number of practitioners, single civil court fears, the need for a family court and extradition and the Stonehouse case: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsFirm employee paid estate monies into his own company
Private client executive faked a note from beneficiary supposedly approving transfers.
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NewsFamily judge ‘wrong’ about overnight stays following rape finding
Order maintaining father's overnight contact 'tipped to the wrong side of the balancing scales', High Court finds.
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NewsFather does not have Article 6 right to lay advocate
Application suggested a 'fundamental misunderstanding' of right to fair trial, judge rules.
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NewsJudge slams lack of judicial diversity progress in family courts
Her Honour Judge Khatun Sapnara says there are plenty of black, Asian and minority ethnic lawyers with the requisite merit.
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NewsMother argues judge 'wrong' to allow overnight stays following rape findings
Fresh allegations are ‘plainly relevant to the child’s welfare in any risk assessment’, says counsel for mother.
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NewsNo-fault divorce: 'blame game' still rife, say family lawyers
New regime 'has led to more spouses littering financial statements with allegations of bad behaviour'.
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NewsVardags extends flexible working under new management
Ayesha Vardag's famed divorce boutique announces promotion of Manchester chief Emma Gill to managing partner.