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The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has published its advice for the public on how cross-border family law cases may be impacted by Brexit. 
The area of pensions and divorce is full of ‘elephant traps’, and family lawyers could face a rise in negligence cases unless they get to grips with it, the co-author of a good practice guide has warned. 
Focusing on the short-term financial needs of clients on divorce can often be to the detriment of their longer-term financial security—but are family lawyers prepared to engineer the drive towards fairness & a pension sharing revolution? Grania Langdon-Down reports
Nearly one third of individuals involved in a divorce or civil partnership dissolution dealt with the proceedings themselves from start to finish, consumer research shows.

Graeme Fraser shares ten family law priorities with the new Lord Chancellor…for when Parliament returns

Increase in number of cohabiting families underscores need for reform
With the work of the Pension Advisory Group being published recently, LexisNexis and Mathieson Consulting are keen to hear the personal views of family law fee earners concerning the engagement of pensions experts for financial settlements.
The number of court disputes between divorcing couples over money has risen 20% to 3,176 cases in the past year.
"To see how valuable this book is in pulling together all aspects relating to trusts in matrimonial proceedings you just have to consider what all the 11 chapters cover"

James Copson addresses the allure & hidden dangers of offsetting

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Ruth Clare

Freeths—Ruth Clare

National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Partner appointed head of family team

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

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)
Peter Kandler’s honorary KC marks long-overdue recognition of a man who helped prise open a closed legal world. In NLJ this week, Roger Smith, columnist and former director of JUSTICE, traces how Kandler founded the UK’s first law centre in 1970, challenging a profession that was largely seen as 'fixers for the rich and apologists for criminals'
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
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