‘Child-inclusive mediation’ was previously known as ‘direct child consultation’, the term used in the UK College Policy and Practice Guide-lines 2002. This term was thought to deter parents and children from taking part – and possibly some mediators as well …
Read moreThe FMC has published the results of its Autumn survey today, to coincide with Family Mediation Week. 25th January 2018 Immediate release Family mediation works, but low levels of awareness mean families are missing out The Family Mediation Council …
Read moreVarious changes to the Family Procedure Rules 2010 came into force on 7 August and, very importantly, a new form D8 divorce petition started being used then and must be used from 4 September 2017. The new form is intended …
Read moreAn article in the Telegraph quotes comments made by Mostyn J calling on the government to change the law so that fathers with substantial capital assets but low incomes can once again be required to pay more in child support. …
Read moreThe wife who was refused a divorce because the lower courts considered she had failed to establish that the behaviour she was alleging was sufficiently ‘unreasonable’ to qualify, has been given permission to appeal to the Supreme Court In addition, …
Read moreRe A (Letter to a Young Person) (Rev 1) [2017] EWFC 48 Family Court, 26 July 2017, Peter Jackson J The child, aged 14, lived with his mother and stepfather, with regular contact with the father. The father wished to …
Read moreSA v FA (Setting Aside Consent Order on Ground of Duress) [2017] EWHC 1731 (Fam) Family Division, 16 May 2017, Holman J The father was originally from the Kurdistan area of Iraq, but had become a British citizen. He met …
Read moreSharp v Sharp [2017] EWCA Civ 408 Court of Appeal, 13 June 2017, McFarlane, McCombe and David Richards LJJ The wife was a trader in the wholesale fuel trade. The husband was employed for many years by an international company …
Read moreThe President and the Chief Executive of HMCTS have published a letter explaining that divorce and financial remedy applications are going to be ‘delinked’ from next week, following a successful pilot in Southampton. “In our letter dated 27th April 2017 …
Read moreAccording to the Solicitors Journal, since the Court of Appeal decision in Owens v Owens (summarised in the last newsletter) family lawyers have started to see far more acrimonious allegations in unreasonable behaviour petitions. The lawyers who commented suggested that …
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