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Ron Smith & Michael Goodridge

Job titlesChief Executive and Senior Civil Clerk, 9 Gough Square ChambersA leading common law set based in London but appearing in courts throughout England and Wales and abroad. ...
30 April 2011
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Family Justice Review

Family

The Family Law Bar has welcomed proposals to develop an integrated Family Justice Service and to cut back on delays.

30 April 2011
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New ADJ President

JudiciaryDistrict Judge Paul Mildred has warned the legal aid cuts will heap pressure on the courts, in his first public comments since becoming President of the Association of ...
30 April 2011
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Baroness Scotland returns to Bar

After 11 years as a government minister. former Attorney General, Baroness Scotland has returned to the Bar. She joins 4 Paper Buildings, where she will practise family law. ...
31 March 2011
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Keep child expert witnesses anonymous

Family Law

Sir Nicholas Wall, the President of the Family Division, has called for the anonymity of experts to be maintained in family cases.

01 February 2011
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A new code for family practitioners

Family 

A unified code of procedure for the family courts has been published. 

01 February 2011
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Lack of respect is delaying the family courts

Delays getting longer caused by huge increase in scale of family breakdown  Family judges have lost authority with the general public and this is contributing to “completely ...
31 December 2010
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Does this mark the end for family justice?

The proposed changes to legal aid funding will inhibit access to the  Family Justice System for the most vulnerable members of society –  the very people the reforms are dedicated ...
31 December 2010
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The Wizard of the Family Bar

Chris McWatters believes that the FLBA Chairman will need all his diplomatic wizardry to deal with the fizzing brew of change facing the Family Bar 

31 October 2010 / Chris McWatters / Chris McWatters
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Call for judicial continuity

Lord Justice Wall, the President of the Family Division, has called for greater “judicial continuity” in family cases and warned of the trauma which separating parents inflict on ...
31 October 2010
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