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Closed doors in public courts
In my last posting ‘£25 m mediation budget following the death of legal aid‘, I mentioned the case of W v M (2012)EWHC 1679 (Fam), with the forward thinking judgment from Mostyn J. It was… more →
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Closed doors in public courts
wrote 2 weeks ago: In my last posting ‘£25 m mediation budget following the death of legal aid‘, I mentione … more →
£25M mediation budget following the death of legal aid
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Lord McNally, Family Justice Minister April 1 2013 saw the inception of the Legal Aid, Sentencing an … more →
Whistleblowing, confidentiality and privilege in mediation
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wrote 3 months ago: Following disclosures by David Bowles, former chair of the United Lincolnshire Hospital Trust, Jerem … more →
Direct Access Revisited: a simple guide
wrote 3 months ago: If you were to glance back to the 20 May 2012, you would see my first blog concerning Direct Access. … more →
September blog from New York
wrote 8 months ago: As summer draws to a close and the English courts return to ‘business as usual’, Stephen … more →
Refusal to mediate
wrote 10 months ago: Recorder Stephen Furst QC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge has demonstrated just how in touch a … more →
End of an Era
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wrote 10 months ago: Only because it is the height of summer in England, the thin light of morning strains to penetrate m … more →
Party Status in Family Proceedings: radical changes
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wrote 11 months ago: Photo courtesy BBC In an earlier posting – Parents in Care Proceedings -Parties or Witnesses, … more →
The Virtual Court
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wrote 11 months ago: Photo: Kenya’s 1st virtual court session Hertfordshire, along with Kent, Cheshire and London, … more →
Job description of a barrister
wrote 11 months ago: Did I miss it? I have just undertaken a web search for a job description of a barrister, without muc … more →
Public Access
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wrote 12 months ago: Once, a fringe, micro-aspect of work at the Bar, is Public Access to become the way forward to see t … more →
Mediation Information and Assessment Meetings
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wrote 1 year ago: Has the number of private law children or financial remedy court cases dropped over the last year? O … more →
Sir Paul's Campaign
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wrote 1 year ago: “Save marriage”, says Sir Paul Coleridge, “from the destructive scourge” of … more →
Now 'not so anonymous provincial barrister'
wrote 1 year ago: You will recall that Lucy Reed, award winning writer of ‘Pink Tape: a blog for the family bar … more →
Policing Britain
wrote 1 year ago: Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images In the mid 1970′s as part of the national Queen’s Po … more →
Disclosing interests
wrote 1 year ago: Has the Bar fallen behind the rest of society in its duty of disclosure? For a number of years, the … more →
Divorce Arbitration
wrote 1 year ago: Financial remedy mediators have been concerned that there would be some cases for which complete agr … more →
Walk the tight rope
wrote 1 year ago: Standards at the Bar have fallen for several reasons including, “larger chambers and greater … more →
Jury disservice
wrote 1 year ago: Photo courtesy of http://www.dailymail.co.uk “The sentence of the court is 56 days imprisonmen … more →
