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NLJ: What's fair in the no blame game?

02 March 2022
Issue: 7969 / Categories: Legal News , Family , Divorce
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Romantic relationships are complicated, particularly when they end...

Writing in this week’s NLJ, David Burrows, solicitor advocate and NLJ columnist, surveys the main provisions in the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020, and rules made thereunder.

With a fine toothcomb, Burrows compares old with new, identifying some unfortunate gaps and omissions along the way. This is the first in a two-part series on the 2020 Act, which does away with fault-based divorce. In the next instalment, Burrows will pick up on further shortcomings in the new scheme. 

Issue: 7969 / Categories: Legal News , Family , Divorce
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Partner joins family law team inLondon

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Private client division announces five new partners

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Banking and finance team welcomes partner in London

NEWS
The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings
Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?
Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year
Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget
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