Articles
A selection of articles created by our Barristers
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Children law update - October 2025
Back to work after the summer vacation. No doubt the first question you all ask when coming back after a long break is ‘what important bits of case law and…
Added in: Family
By: Michael Jones
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Financial Remedies: Needs and Modest Asset Cases
Needs and Modest Asset CasesThe prevalence of modest asset cases has recently been recognised by the introduction of The Express Financial Remedy Procedure Pilot. Of the cases analysed prior to…
Added in: Financial Remedies and Family Property
By: Joseph Price
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Court of Protection Case Law Update
Quite understandably, inhabitants of the Court of Protection world have their eyes forward awaiting the Supreme Court hearing of the application brought by Northern Ireland’s Attorney General, Brenda King, due…
Added in: Court of Protection
By: Jack Barber
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Mistaken registration as father - does it confer PR?
As an advocate, you don’t always get to argue the position which you believe to be right. Happily, in ED v MG [ 2025] EWHC1876 (Fam) I thought I was…
Added in: Family
By: Peter Rothery
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The Voice of the Child within Private Law Proceedings
The participation of children in proceedings presents a quandary: how do we involve children meaningfully within proceedings whilst simultaneously protecting them from harmful exposure to parental conflict? This is particularly…
Added in: Family
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Family Newsletter Summer 2025
Family Newsletter Summer 2025
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Children Law Update
As summer holidays rapidly approach, it falls upon me to provide some holiday reading material in the form of my standard case law update (obviously this is exactly what members…
Added in: Child Protection
By: Michael Jones
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Standish: Clarifying the Limits of Matrimonialisation and the Reach of the Sharing Principle
The Supreme Court’s judgment in Standish v Standish [2025] UKSC 26 has delivered a significant and clarifying statement on the treatment of non-matrimonial property in financial remedy proceedings following divorce.…
Added in: Financial Remedies and Family Property
By: Joseph Price
