As previously mentioned, if the husband refuses to give his wife Islamic Talaq, the wife would effectively be stuck in her marriage. However,Islamic jurisprudence provides for the wife in enabling ...

This article arises from the author's role at the Resolution debate in October 2015 in proposing the motion, 'this house believes there should be no barrier to one lawyer representing both parties in ...

RACHEL LANGDALE and RICHARD MILLER QCs, Members of the Bar Council Professional Practice Committee Family lawyers will be familiar with the professional judgments which arise when clients reveal ...

Julien Foster, Barrister, Goldsmith Chambers. A new President's Direction (PD) in relation to court bundles came into force on 2 October 2006. It replaces the existing President's Practice Direction ...

The International Family Law Arbitration Scheme (IFLAS), first covered by Family Law in June, has been launched today (4 September 2017) at the 16th Australian Family Lawyers Conference, held in Fiji.

'An orthodox approach to education' examines the important leading judgment of Munby LJ in Re G (Education: Religious Upbringing) [2012] EWCA Civ 1233, [2013] 1 FLR (forthcoming) in which guidance is ...

Since the United Kingdom signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in 1989 the law surrounding the rights of children has been continually developing. After the ...

Yedina v Yedin and another [2017] EWHC 3319 (Ch) was an interesting case which highlighted the importance of seeking advice from a family lawyer when planning to divorce. A couple married in Ukraine ...

Reacting to the report of the Family Mediation Task Force, published this week, Resolution's vice-chair, Nigel Shepherd, said: 'Resolution welcomes many of the recommendations in the report. In ...

Third party interventions have been relatively rare in the Chitty, 1834 'The Practice of Law', at 497-498). An early explanation of the practice can be found in Dalrymple v Dalrymple (1811): ‘The ...

In its official response to the Family Justice Review today (download below), the government has announced plans to introduce legislation ensuring children maintain an ongoing relationship with both ...

Here we have two main policy recommendations. One is for the statutory confirmation of the abolition of the public policy rule that contracts contemplating a future (not actual) divorce are void - a ...