Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of financial provision, from the underlying principles considered by the court, to applications under specific legislation. Includes in-depth practical guidance on specialist areas such as pensions and trusts.
Covers all aspects of private children law from fundamental principles to evidence and procedure. Also includes subtopics to ensure that practitioners will have the relevant practical guidance at their fingertips to advise in all scenarios.
Families are increasingly international and practitioners need quick access to the relevant practical guidance for this highly discretionary area of law. Practice notes, legislation, cases etc. help to ascertain the best jurisdiction for a client and/or to be able to stay proceedings in other jurisdictions as needed.
Our clear, concise practice notes and news reports give you an expert view – with direct links to the most authoritative sources, including the All England Law Reports, Family Law Reports and extracts from Butterworths Family Law Service. On everything from relationship breakdown, cohabitants and children law to financial provision, international family law and enforcement. And our up-to-date editable PDF forms and Smart Precedents (including detailed consent orders and marital agreements) take less time to draft.
So you can be confident you’re giving the right advice, even when you’re outside your comfort zone. And you’re free to spend more time focusing on rewarding work that makes a real difference.
Family analysis: This was an appeal against findings of fact made by a circuit judge against the appellant who was joined as an intervener in the...
Family analysis: In this unsuccessful appeal, post the Supreme Court decision in Re T and the amendments made by the Care Planning, Placement and Case...
Public Law analysis: The following is a non-exhaustive update on the proposed reform of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998). The Conservative Party...
Family analysis: This case concerned an application made by a father dated 30 September 2021 for an order that a child, A, should live with him and...
Family analysis: This case caught the eye of many financial remedy practitioners and concerned a litigation funder’s application for disclosure of a...
Brexit timelineOn 23 June 2016, the UK held a referendum on its membership of the EU, with a majority voting in favour of the UK leaving the EU. On 29...
Online divorce procedureSTOP PRESS: From 13 September 2021 FPR 2010, PD 36X makes the use of electronic means via the online divorce system mandatory...
Pensions—the state pensionThis Practice Note provides guidance on:•the old state pension scheme for those reaching state retirement age prior to 6...
Fast-track (shortened) financial remedy procedureThe Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), SI 2010/2955, were amended by the Family Procedure...
Brexit legislation trackerThis Practice Note tracks the progress of UK legislation introduced as part of the legislative project associated with the...
Court of Protection—Position StatementCase No. [insert][IN THE COURT OF PROTECTION][IN THE MATTER OF THE MENTAL CAPACITY ACT 2005][IN THE MATTER OF...
Letter of claim—family provision claimDear [insert organisation name][PROSPECTIVE CLAIMANT’S NAME] AND [PROSPECTIVE DEFENDANT(S) NAME(S)]The estate of...
Draft Chancery Case Management Directions—family provision claimIT IS ORDERED that: 1Allocation1.1Allocation to Multi-TrackThis Claim is allocated to...
Draft Witness Statement—claimant—family provision claimThis Precedent is based on a precedent found in Inheritance Act Claims: Law, Practice and...
Draft Part 8 Claim Form—family provision claimThis Precedent is based on a precedent found in Inheritance Act Claims: Law, Practice and Procedure...
Notice of actingCase number [insert number][In the principal registryORIn the [insert court location] FAMILY court]Sitting at [insert place]Notice of...
Void and voidable marriagesThe Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (MCA 1973) sets out the grounds on which a marriage is void or voidable and the bars...
The duty of disclosure in financial proceedingsThis Practice Note provides guidance on the ongoing duty of full and frank disclosure in financial...
Client care—family lawClient care is about providing a proper standard of service to clients. This Practice Note sets out the Solicitors Regulation...
Permission to apply for a section 8 orderCoronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division,...
Sears Tooth agreementsThe Family Procedure Rules 2010, SI 2010/2955, 1.1 sets out the overriding objective, including that dealing with a case justly...
Restriction on further applications under the Children Act 1989—section 91(14) ordersRestriction on further applicationsSection 91(14) of the Children...
Statements of truth in family proceedingsDocuments that must be verified by a statement of truth in family proceedingsThe provisions regarding...
Change of solicitor in family proceedingsThis Practice Note considers when a solicitor will be on the court record as acting for a party and the...
Functions which may be carried out by a justices’ legal adviserThis Practice Note sets out the functions of the Family Court, or a judge of the Family...
Financial clean break orders in family proceedingsDuty of the court to consider a clean breakAlthough there is no presumption in favour of there being...
Staying proceedings under the inherent jurisdiction31 December 2020 marked the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into...
1996 Hague Convention—general principlesThis Practice Note deals with matters relating to jurisdiction, applicable law, transfers between contracting...
A battle of the forms occurs when one party offers to buy goods on its standard terms and the other party accepts on its own standard terms. The party who was last to put forward its terms of business that were not expressly rejected by the other party usually wins.
The period within which a person who has a right to claim against another person must start court proceedings to establish that right. The expiry of the limitation period may be a defence to the claim.
A warranty is a term of a contract, the breach of which entitles the innocent party to terminate the contract and claim damages, or affirm the contract despite the breach and claim damages In the consumer context, it is an obligation to repair or replace goods for a specified period.
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