DR Corner: Book review of (Almost) Anything But the Family Court

Earlier this year, my good friends at Only Mums and Only Dads, Rebecca Giraud and Bob Greig, with a stellar author in the ever-fabulous Jo O’Sullivan, launched (Almost) Anything But Family Court at the Resolution national conference. The President,…

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!17/10/2022 10:45

Baroness Deech

Baroness Deech is a British academic, lawyer, bioethicist and politician, most noted for chairing the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), from 1994 to 2002, and as the former Principal of St Anne's College, Oxford. She has sat as a Crossbench peer in the House of Lords since 2005 and chaired the Bar Standards Board from 2009 to 2014.

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!17/10/2022 10:44

Ben Fearnley

Ben qualified in 2001 and since that time has been practising exclusively from 29 Bedford Row Chambers. His practice encompasses all of the financial aspects of relationship breakdown including divorce, dissolution of civil partnerships, the separation of unmarried couples and financial provision for children, together with jurisdiction disputes.

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!13/10/2022 12:53

George Mathieson

George Mathieson founded Mathieson Consulting Ltd (MCL) in 2007, as a company specialising in the provision of expert witness reports in the field of pensions and divorce and has produced c. 6,000 such reports. He was a founder of the Pension Advisory Group. His current role is as a Consultant for MCL, and Divisional Director for MCL’s parent company, RBC Brewin Dolphin, with responsibility for talking to any lawyer who will listen, about all things related to pensions and divorce.

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!10/10/2022 08:57

Giorgia Sessi

Giorgia Sessi is a barrister at Parklane Plowden Chambers, with premises in Leeds and Newscastle. Giorgia has a broad experience in the field of financial remedies and her practice encompasses modest to high value cases.

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!07/10/2022 11:23

Samantha Woodham

Samantha Woodham is a barrister at 4PB and co-founder of The Divorce Surgery.

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!26/09/2022 14:33

Harry Gates

Harry Gates is a barrister at 4PB and co-founder of The Divorce Surgery.

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!26/09/2022 14:32

Dr Andy Hayward

Dr Andy Hayward is an Associate Professor in Family Law at Durham Law School, Durham University. His research focuses on domestic and comparative family law, especially the legal regulation of adult interpersonal relationships. In 2021 Andy was Special Advisor to the UK Parliament’s Women and Equalities Committee for their Rights of Cohabiting Partners Inquiry and in 2024 was appointed to the Family Justice Council. His recent publications are The Future of Registered Partnerships: Family Recognition Beyond Marriage? (Intersentia, 2017) (with Prof Jens Scherpe), Research Handbook on Family Property and the Law (Edward Elgar, 2024) (with Prof Margaret Briggs) and De Facto Relationships: A Comparative Guide (Edward Elgar, 2025 (forthcoming)) (with Prof Jens Scherpe).

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!30/08/2022 15:38

Francis J

Before appointment to the High Court Francis J was a leading matrimonial finance silk and head of chambers at 29 Bedford Row. Francis J is the Family Division Liaison Judge for Wales and the co-chair of the Pension Advisory Group.

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!22/08/2022 07:37

Agata Osinska

Agata Osinska is an Associate Solicitor at the International Family Law Group LLP.

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!05/08/2022 11:51