Caroline Bowden
Consultant mediator
Caroline Bowden is a consultant mediator Anthony Gold (www.anthonygold.co.uk)
Caroline Bowden sets out the need for cohabitation reform—for some couples but not others
With FPR changes focusing on non-court solutions, Caroline Bowden suggests solicitors send clients to a MIAM, aim to settle and try to keep appropriate clients out of court
For many participants in a family dispute, almost any alternative is better than ending up in court. Caroline Bowden hopes the government will succeed in getting this message across
Caroline Bowden offers tools & insight to help family law professionals speak with children
Separation matters: Caroline Bowden calls for a multi-disciplinary, government backed shift in ethos
Solicitors & mediators should work in tandem, says Caroline Bowden.
Caroline Bowden examines whether cases containing complex factors, but wealthy spouses, should be easy to settle
Kim Beatson, Caroline Bowden & Ellen Lucas chart the ongoing chaos in family law proceedings
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Freeths—Ruth Clare
National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester
Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon
Partner appointed head of family team
mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison
Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return
NEWS
Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
The dangers of uncritical artificial intelligence (AI) use in legal practice are no longer hypothetical. In this week's NLJ, Dr Charanjit Singh of Holborn Chambers examines cases where lawyers relied on ‘hallucinated’ citations — entirely fictitious authorities generated by AI tools
The Solicitors Act 1974 may still underpin legal regulation, but its age is increasingly showing. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Morrison-Hughes of the Association of Costs Lawyers argues that the Act is ‘out of step with modern consumer law’ and actively deters fairness
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