Charles Hale QC & Elizabeth Couch write for STEP Journal
Charles Hale QC and Elizabeth Couch of Browns Advocates write for STEP Journal on the progressive impact the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill 2017 -2019, likely to come into place later this year, will have on divorce law in Guernsey and the UK, in an article titled ‘The end of the blame game in divorce’.
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Henry Clayton writes for Family Law Week
Henry Clayton considers the circumstances in which documents which purport to be privileged are, in fact, admissible for Family Law Week.
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Sixteen 4PB members appear in Court of Appeal Case.
Today, sixteen members of 4PB will appear in the Court of Appeal in a seminal case concerning the application of PD12J, rape allegations and coercive control in the Family Court.
Sam Woodham writes about ‘Silver Splitters’.
Sam Woodham writes for Legal & General about the growing increase in divorce rates for the over 65’s and why this trend might be developing.
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HHJ Byrt QC
Chambers are sad to note the death of HHJ Byrt QC on 2nd January 2021. He was the Head of Chambers from 1975-1983 during which period chambers went from strength to strength and then he took his appointment as a circuit judge. He was a greatly respected and well liked barrister and then judge. Our sincere condolences go to his family.
Mani Basi and Lucy Logan Green write for the Family Law Journal
Mani and Lucy write about the circumstances in which local authority involvement (public law) can become relevant within private law children proceedings.
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