Articles
A selection of articles created by our Barristers
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The Mental Health Act 2025
On 18 February 2026, the Mental Health Act 2025, which will overhaul the Mental Health Act 1983 (“the act”) and provide a revised legal framework to detain and treat people…
Added in: Family
By: Emily Price
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TOLATA - An Introduction
When a solicitor asks about your areas of practice and you mention cohabitation claims the reaction is like when someone saysthey like Marmite. Why is it such a split reaction?…
Added in: Family
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“Does Fraud Unravel All?”: The Court’s Approach to Material Non-Disclosure
Introduction As Lord Brandon aptly put it over 40 years ago in Livesey v Jenkins [1985] FLR 813, HL parties in financial remedy proceedings possess a duty to make “full…
Added in: Family
By: Conor Hogan
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Children Law Update - Easter 2026
Kicking off this Easter edition of my standard update in all things children law related, I am going to start with what I think it an extremely topical Court of…
Added in: Family
By: Michael Jones
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What does being a father mean?
The Court of Appeal was recently seized of three cases in which the same core issue arose – the implications when a father named on a birth certificate is not,…
Added in: Family
By: Helen Wilkinson
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Criticism of Professional and Expert Witnesses in the Family Court
General principles Re W (A Child) [2016] EWCA Civ 1140 provides clear guidance as to the approach to be adopted when the court is considering making adverse findings or criticisms…
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By: Joanna Moody
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Court of Protection Update
It has been two months since the last edition of this newsletter and the last update. As we wait with bated breath for Judgment in the Supreme Court’s sequel to…
Added in: Court of Protection
By: Jack Barber
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Financial Remedies in 2025: Sharper lines, stronger signals, and a system preparing for change
Introduction2025 may be a defining year for the financial remedy jurisdiction—though not because of legislative change. Parliament has been largely silent, whilst the courts have been as active as ever.…
Added in: Financial Remedies and Family Property
By: Liam Kelly
