Articles
A selection of articles created by our Barristers
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Court of Protection - Case Law Update - AGNI
We return in this edition to the regular case law update. Unfortunately, on this occasion, there are no prizes for guessing which of the cases worthy of attention over the…
Added in: Court of Protection
By: Jack Barber
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Matrimonialisation after Standish: BS v HC [2026] EWFC 20 and BC v BC (No 2) Matrimonialisation (Division of Shareholding; Provision for debt) [2026] EWFC 37
BS v HC [2026] EWFC 20The court considered the extent to which the husband’s pensions had accrued pre-marriage and whether an untouched pension fund accrued pre-marriage could be considered matrimonialised.…
Added in: Financial Remedies and Family Property
By: Conor Hogan
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Children Law Update
I will begin this summer’s update with a Peter Jackson LJ judgment on appeal: because what better way to start the summer? Re R (A Child: Leave to Oppose Adoption)…
Added in: Family
By: Michael Jones
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Blackpool Borough Council v Langley and Ors (No.3) (Publication of Judgments) [2026] EWHC 1100 (Fam)
A stellar cast from Deans Court Chambers appeared before Mr Justice McDonald in the case of Blackpool Borough Council v Langley and Ors (No.2) (re-opening of Findings) [2026] EWFC 69.…
Added in: Family
By: Molly Giles
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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
