Updates on family law, divorce, children proceedings, wills, probate, trusts and estate planning for private client practitioners.
The Ministry of Justice consultation on codified financial remedies, qualifying nuptial agreements and cohabitant rights closes at 11:59pm on 14 August 2026. What family and private client teams should know.
A dated tracker of weddings law reform from the Law Commission project in 2019 to the Tying the Knot consultation, which closes at 11:59am on 24 September 2026.
A practitioner guide to probate in 2026: the £526 fee from 13 July, current HMCTS timescales, why applications get stopped, and the new 12-week escalation route, with every…
A step-by-step checklist for instructing an expert in children proceedings under rule 25.5A: confirming the issue date, establishing regulated status, and evidencing unavailability where no regulated expert can…
How Standish and Culligan work together on illiquid assets: what is available for sharing, and how Wells sharing distributes the risk once a private company holding is in…
The Ministry of Justice consultation Tying the Knot would move legal authorisation from the building to the officiant, replacing a framework whose governing statute dates from 1836. It…
Rule 25.5A came into force on 20 July 2026, requiring experts instructed in children proceedings to be regulated. The transitional line falls on the issue date, not the…