Julie Doughty
Julie Doughty is a retired senior lecturer in law who formerly practised as a solicitor and as a manager in Cafcass. She regularly reports on family court proceedings as a legal blogger for The Transparency Project.
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Beyond Thing 1 and Thing 2: Cryptoassets and the New Property Landscape
For almost 140 years, bright-eyed law students have been taught that the world of personal property contains only two species of thing: those which can be physically held, and those which can be enforced. Cryptoassets forced the issue.
Now out: Financial Remedies Journal 2026 Issue 1 (Spring 2026)
The new issue of the Financial Remedies Journal is now available.
Stop! In the Name of the LSA: Why Your Favourite Legal Exec Can’t Touch That Form A after Mazur and XX v GH
HHJ Farquhar was confronted with the practical consequences of Mazur for family law cases. The issue arose when Family Law Partners, a highly respected specialist family law firm, sought an exemption permitting their senior Chartered Legal Executive, Ms Lisa Burton Durham, to conduct litigation.