Parental alienation in the news again
The difficult subject of parental alienation has been back in the news this week, featuring both in a television documentary and a national newspaper opinion piece.
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Financial remedies: don’t help yourself to your spouse’s documents
It is often the case that when someone is getting divorced, or when their marriage is breaking down, they still have access to their spouse’s private financial documents, whether physical documents, or documents held on a computer.
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Will family mediation become mandatory?
Mediation is a form of dispute resolution, alternative to court proceedings (such alternatives to court are known as ‘alternative dispute resolution’ or ADR). Mediation consists of the parties meeting with a trained mediator, who will help
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The Resolutions Model: getting a child back from care
The Resolutions Model is the name given to an arrangement whereby a child may be returned to their parent, despite the fact that the parent denies causing an injury to the child or its sibling.
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Domestic Abuse Commissioner calls for more support for abuse victims
A new report has revealed that 89 per cent of domestic abuse survivors don’t get any support when they go through the family courts. The report was prepared by SafeLives, a UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, and commission
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Welcome Paul Sykes – Leading Children Law Solicitor
Paul is one of the Leading Children Law Solicitor in the South West and has spent his entire legal career with Somerset based solicitors. Paul is particularly well known and respected by all family law practitioners in Somerset.
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We are recruiting – Business Development Manager/ Marketing Manager/ (Full Time) – Fantastic Opportunity
Despite the very significant challenges in the wider world, the last 18 months have seen us grow from being a small to medium size legal practice. In this time we have significantly strengthened our legal team and turnover has doubled.
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A further illustration of the consequences of lying to the court
It is a common complaint in family proceedings, especially financial remedy cases sorting out finances on divorce, that the other party has ‘got away’ with lying to the court. It is true that the family court will not always take action in
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Important changes to child maintenance system proposed
The payment of child maintenance is one of the biggest issues of contention between separated parents, affecting huge numbers of children. Over the years the government has made various attempts to improve and perfect the child maintenance
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Courts Service sets out role of remote hearings
HM Courts & Tribunals Service (‘HMCTS’), which is responsible for the administration of criminal, civil and family courts and tribunals in England and Wales, has given an indication of the role of remote court hearings
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