Professional Ethics

XX v GH (Legal Services Act 2007 Exemption), Re [2026] EWFC 51 (B)

HHJ Farquhar. Following the decision in Mazur, the Family Court refused an application to permit a Chartered Legal Executive to conduct litigation under the Legal Services Act 2007. Exemption from the statutory scheme should be granted only in exceptional circumstances and none arose in this case.

Tech Corner: Ethical AI for Family Lawyers

Tech Corner: Ethical AI for Family Lawyers

A conversation between Kay Firth-Butterfield and Rhys Taylor Rhys Taylor: Could you tell me about your current role please? Kay Firth-Butterfield: Currently, I run my own consultancy, education and thought leadership company called Good Tech Advisory through which I give speeches and help companies and countries think about their design,

Xanthopoulos v Rakshina [2023] EWFC 50

Judgment date: 04 April 2023 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2023/50 Sir Jonathan Cohen. The latest and, one hopes, final episode in a legal saga involving financial remedy, jurisdiction and children litigation spaning 60 hearings between Russia and England, in which H alone had sought counsel and legal