Karen Dovaston
Karen Dovaston qualified as a solicitor in 1995 and specialised in family law work from that point on after a broad range of training covering not only family law but also conveyancing, medical negligence, personal injury, employment and crime.
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Book Review: Financial Remedies Handbook 2025
[2026] 1 FRJ 74. Rhys Taylor reviews the 15th edition of Financial Remedies Handbook 2026, by District Judge Sophie Harrison, published by LexisNexis, and says every financial remedy lawyer should have it by their side.
A Question of Sport
[2026] 1 FRJ 52. Karen Richardson is 22 years old in 1990 and meets her future husband, Ray Parlour. Ray is 19 and signed his first professional contract with Arsenal less than 12 months ago. Football, as culturally significant then as it is now, was about to change beyond all measure.
Should Family Justice Embrace the Civil Mediation Model? A Case for Reform
A barrister and mediator working in financial remedies asks whether the civil mediation model could be used more widely in financial remedies cases, and brought into the mainstream of ADR in this area of law, helping cases to settle sooner, or resolving them even before court proceedings are issued.