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The reforms and beyond—Part 5

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Published on: 14 August 2014
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Table of contents

  • What are your views on the quantity and pace of recent reforms?
  • What are your experiences from the front line?
  • What other challenges are family lawyers facing at the moment?
  • What has all this meant for clients?
  • What should family lawyers be doing about all of this?

Article summary

Family analysis: Barbara Connolly QC, barrister at Seven Bedford Row, discusses how the recent family law reforms have affected her practice.

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