Tag: Family law
 
    
    To blame or not to blame: modern divorce
Final year law student, Sophia Ramos, analyses the landscape of family law following the introduction of no fault divorce
 
    
    Meet the family lawyer turned fashion designer
Violetta Onishchenko swapped mediation for macramé, and tells Legal Cheek about leaving the law to pursue her dream
 
    
    From police sergeant to law lecturer — and a spell as a solicitor along the way
ULaw academic manager Lee Benham has advice for career changers
 
    
    Elite law firms unite to help victims of domestic abuse secure protective injunctions
'DARA' is staffed by pro bono lawyers from Travers Smith, Debevoise, Gibson Dunn, HogLovs, Latham, Reed Smith and Slaughters
 
    
    Ayesha Vardag in cardigan shame
'Diva of Divorce' rocks knitted apparel in promotional post on firm website -- despite advising staff to steer clear
 
    
    Falling through the cracks of the furlough scheme — a NQ lawyer’s perspective
'I feel I have effectively been forced out of the profession', a junior family solicitor writes
 
    
    Family barrister becomes one of the UK’s first hijab-wearing judges
Raffia Arshad wants ‘to make sure the sound of diversity is heard loud and clear'
 
    
    4 steps to a successful career change to law
ULaw’s Suzanne Hutton draws on her experience as a solicitor and careers coach
 
    
    XX v Whittington: Another nail in the coffin for the Surrogacy Act?
Bar student Callum Reid-Hutchings analyses Lady Hale's last ruling
 
    
    Love Island 2019 champ Greg O’Shea says he wants to specialise in family law
Limerick law grad snubs post-Island influencer lifestyle
 
    
    Why one barrister quit her job to become a successful restaurateur
Nisha Katona had been practising for 20 years
 
    
    Ayesha Vardag: From pregnant magic circle trainee to £845-an-hour Queen of Divorce
High-flying family lawyer reflects on incredible life in candid interview
 
    
    Why we need to reform the archaic law of surrogacy
It has remained fundamentally unaltered for over 30 years
 
    
    Does the law adequately protect victims of domestic abuse?
The government should devote more resources to legal aid for victims, says Warwick law student Rodney Dzwairo
 
    
    Benefits for widows case: A progressive decision by the Supreme Court
Landmark ruling could allow an unmarried mother-of-four to claim a widowed parent's allowance
 
    
    Film review: The Children Act
'I loved the quiet and careful cameos by those unseen people who make our legal system work', says barrister and writer Sarah Langford
 
    
    Is now the time to end the divorce ‘blame game’?
Supreme Court decision in Owens v Owens rasies important questions
 
    
    Owens v Owens: Has the time finally come for a ‘no-fault divorce’ system?
Wife must remain in unhappy marriage, Supreme Court rules this week
Is Brexit the reason we don’t have a no-fault divorce law?
The law as it is leaves a lot to be desired
Chief Justice: Family courts in ‘crisis’
Retiring Lord Thomas says something must be done on public law cases
The demise of family law? Courts now ‘largely inaccessible’ and ‘unintelligible’, says court president
As solicitor is lambasted for ‘extremely serious professional errors’ in complex child abuse case