James Pirrie (Family Law in Partnership)

James Pirrie (Family Law in Partnership)

James Pirrie is a solicitor, mediator and arbitrator and co-authored Schedule 1 to the Children Act with Charlotte Bradley.

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Child Support, Sharing Care and the Problems in Top Up Orders (Out into the Open at Last)

Child Support, Sharing Care and the Problems in Top Up Orders (Out into the Open at Last)

There was a lot in HHJ Hess’s judgment OS v DT [2025] EWFC 156 (B), but the child-support nerds scurried through the maze, whiskers twitching till they got to paragraph 50 of the judgment.

The Changing Limits of the Without Prejudice Doctrine (in the Light of the Shift in FPR Part 3)

The Changing Limits of the Without Prejudice Doctrine (in the Light of the Shift in FPR Part 3)

In this article James Pirrie and Victoria Nottage explore the intersection between the without prejudice doctrine as it applies to mediation and the inquisitorial responsibilities of the court as bolstered by the new protocols. The changes to the Family Procedure Rules introduced in April last year, concerning the interaction between

James Pirrie

James Pirrie is a solicitor, mediator and arbitrator and co-authored Schedule 1 to the Children Act with Charlotte Bradley.

Arbitrating Costs Provision Applications

Arbitrating Costs Provision Applications

There have been few seismic changes in family law that reshaped everything. Much as we would love suddenly to have a new landscape for our professional work, most of us can only hope to find small solutions that work for some small corner of one field. However, bit by bit