Book Review

The Trusty Trio – the Dictionaries

The Trusty Trio – the Dictionaries

It doesn’t quite have the same ring to it as when ‘2 becomes 1’ (sorry, I couldn’t resist a trip down memory lane to my Spice Girl days), but the day has arrived: when two becomes three. The dictionary family has gained a third musketeer - the ‘Dictionary

Book Review: Quiet Revolutionaries

Book Review: Quiet Revolutionaries

Quiet Revolutionaries: The Married Women’s Association and Family Law, Sharon Thompson (Hart Publishing, 2022) Family lawyers today often talk of reform. In a relatively short period of time, we have seen fundamental changes to the landscape of family law including comprehensive no-fault divorce and mixed-sex civil partnerships. We are

Book Review: Quiet Revolutionaries

Book Review: Quiet Revolutionaries

Quiet Revolutionaries: The Married Women’s Association and Family Law, Sharon Thompson (Hart Publishing, 2022) Family lawyers today often talk of reform. In a relatively short period of time, we have seen fundamental changes to the landscape of family law including comprehensive no-fault divorce and mixed-sex civil partnerships. We are

A Review – Family Financial Arbitration: A Short Guide

A Review – Family Financial Arbitration: A Short Guide

Alternative Dispute Resolution has, in most but not all cases, staunch support from the judiciary, as well as from many practitioners. The reasons for such support are obvious. In his John Cornwell Lecture at the Family Mediation Association Conference in September 2022, the President of the Family Division said, in

DR Corner: Book review of (Almost) Anything But the Family Court

DR Corner: Book review of (Almost) Anything But the Family Court

Earlier this year, my good friends at Only Mums and Only Dads, Rebecca Giraud and Bob Greig, with a stellar author in the ever-fabulous Jo O’Sullivan, launched (Almost) Anything But Family Court at the Resolution national conference. The President, Sir Andrew McFarlane, was present in person to reinforce themes