Tag: Family law

Senior partner at ‘family law specialists’ is a convicted paedophile on the sex offender register

He charges fixed fees for help with child contact and child support

Jul 24 2017 11:51am

Asylum seeker turned solicitor who only qualified in 2016 wins immigration lawyer of the year

Baroness Doreen Lawrence handed out gongs at yesterday’s legal aid awards

Jul 6 2017 2:17pm

Court of Appeal: Denying straight people civil partnerships is NOT unlawful

The boyfriend and girlfriend claimants think the law discriminates against them

Feb 21 2017 10:08am

When lawyers divorce: Court of Appeal sides with Cambridge law lecturer over her City solicitor ex-husband

She earns £53,000, so should he still have to pay maintenance?

Feb 1 2017 3:15pm

Legal aid pay row: Doughty Street QC rounds on claims lawyers’ earnings have ‘rocketed’

Publicly funded barristers still broke, says publicly funded barrister

Dec 19 2016 10:25am

A trainee’s revenge: Ex-private client solicitor slams the ‘Harrods wife’

But the ‘Tesco wife’ doesn’t come out much better

Jul 21 2016 11:46am

Lord Sumption tells lawyers not to specialise too much, lawyers not happy about it

He’s even been accused of ‘sumptionsplaining’

Jun 10 2016 11:22am

Family lawyers feel the strain as number of care cases skyrocket

More and more care applications are being made, meaning more and more work for family lawyers

Feb 23 2016 9:23am

Regulation that plagued family lawyers declared ‘invalid’ by Court of Appeal

Chris Grayling's changes to rules on domestic abuse sufferers getting legal aid don't stand up to scrutiny

Feb 18 2016 2:48pm