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The Unintended Consequences of Law – a Postscript
A response to Gallagher v Gallagher (No. 1) (Reporting Restrictions) [2022] EWFC 52.
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- Transparency
!20/06/2022 20:38
Costs Orders and Childrens’ Cases
Case law establishes that unreasonableness opens the door to the making of a costs order in a children’s case, though the court will exercise a broad discretion.
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- Costs
!14/06/2022 15:18
Transparency in the FRC: the Workings of the TIG Sub-Group
Questionnaire to be completed is linked in the article, under Consultation.
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- Transparency
!14/06/2022 14:57
The Class Legal Financial Remedies Skyline: a Review
Consider changes to the London skyline over a generation. Now consider Mostyn J’s contribution to the law reports over a similar time.
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!31/05/2022 13:57
Very Much Ancillary
A lot has been written of late about the privacy (or otherwise) of family money cases, and all of it by men with big brains and a lot of words. As someone who hasn’t conducted a money case for some years (not great with numbers, me), I would not dare to o…
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- Transparency
- Publicity and Confidentiality
!31/05/2022 11:57
Out of the Shadows, into the Light. De-mystifying Private FDRs and Arbitration.
Barristers learn to do the job as a pupil by sitting with the pupil supervisor and watching how the job is done. Solicitors do much the same with a supervising solicitor. On first appointment to a judicial appointment, deputy judges or Recorders usually s…
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- FDRs
- arbitration
!23/05/2022 09:07
'A Matter of Clarification' – Written Questions to Experts
A party’s ability to put written questions to an expert – both one instructed by another party or a single joint expert – is provided for by FPR 25.10. The rule dictates that questions put to an expert must inter alia both be 'proportionate' (r.25(2)(a))…
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- Experts
!19/05/2022 07:00
The ES2 – Amendments
The new asset schedule in the form of the ES2 Excel spreadsheet has helped focus practitioners’ minds, and save time at court, since its introduction in January 2022. However, there have been some minor glitches which could benefit from the odd tweak. Wit…
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- Asset Schedules
!11/05/2022 09:00
Vulnerable Witness Training – Not Just For Children Practitioners
Within the Family Court there is a growing understanding of the importance of ensuring that the court process is adapted for those that are vulnerable. The effects of this evolution in professional focus have perhaps been most keenly felt in children case…
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- Witnesses
- Evidence
!06/05/2022 11:01
Hudson v Hathway [2022] EWHC 631 (QB)
Before I sat down to read Hudson v Hathway [2022] EWHC 631 (QB) and write this blog, I was primed ready to come up with a flashy introductory sentence. Something along the lines of, “once in a generation something so monumental happens in the Law of…
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- Trusts
!04/05/2022 13:30
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