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The final (hearing) countdown
At CFLP we are committed to resolving disputes, if possible and appropriate, without getting to a fully contested final hearing (as are all members of Resolution). We have not yet met a client who has enjoyed the experience of a court trial regarding financial matters arising from a divorce: they can be stressful, upsetting and expensive. However, in some cases... more >
Gateways and Gatekeepers
Here at CFLP we are all members of Resolution, the family lawyers’ organisation committed to improving the way family law is practiced in England and Wales. Resolution also runs campaigns and lobbies Parliament on issues which affect families or family law. We wanted to bring your attention to one of their current campaigns about legal aid and domestic violence after... more >
What goes on at the FDR?
This is the third in our series of blogs about the practical side of sorting out the money and property on divorce by using the court process, known as proceedings for a financial remedy. This time we are taking a look at the FDR, which is the commonly used acronym for the Financial Dispute Resolution hearing. The FDR is the... more >
Ombudsmania
As family law solicitors, or “divorce lawyers” as the media likes to style us, we’re used to being pariahs. The media portray us as uncaring sharks, people back away from us at parties… but this last week’s anti-lawyering has been a bit more intense. It transpires that the Legal Ombudsman receives proportionally more complaints about family law services than any... more >
What to expect from an FDA
This is the second in our series of blogs about the procedural aspects of sorting out finances on dissolution or divorce. We wrote previously about the exercise of getting together financial disclosure, and now we are going to take a look at the next stage in the process – the run-up to, and attendance at, the first directions appointment at... more >
No sense of directions
Through his membership of Resolution’s Children Committee, Simon Bethel recently came to be in touch with an increasingly well-known blogger who writes as Suesspicious Minds. His blog on “law, nonsense, and the nonsense of law” is clever, thought-provoking and incredibly illuminating on the matter of public law children proceedings (care, adoption, and many things in between). He kindly agreed to... more >