Public Understanding

Fair Shares Supplementary Reports: An Overview

Following the Fair Shares Report, additional analysis was undertaken on the dataset, resulting in four supplementary Reports. This article provides a summary of the findings from these additional Reports, drawing out some of the key issues going forward with regards to policy and practice.

Enhancing Public Understanding of Financial Remedies on Divorce

Enhancing Public Understanding of Financial Remedies on Divorce

Introduction Why is it that lawyers think that the principles underpinning financial remedies are clear, and yet the public are often perplexed? The issue is one of communication, or rather translating the law into plain English. Our clients frequently feel disconnected when lawyers discuss the law, and particularly when writing