Family


Exclusive: Stowe boss lays out vision with new owner on board

11 October 2024

The largest family law firm in the country is to pilot an unbundled service and offer clients more holistic support as part of a move to widen the current offering, its executive chairman has revealed.


Private equity owner sells family law giant to global investor

26 September 2024

The largest family law firm in the country, Stowe Family Law, has been sold by its private equity owner to a global investment giant entering the legal market for the first time.


AI “could help allocate work to conveyancers”

23 August 2024

Artificial intelligence is being developed for “triage and work allocation” in law firms and particularly for conveyancing, a director of the SRA has said.


Regulators “must warn lawyers against taking advantage of LiPs”

21 August 2024

Legal regulators must warn lawyers that they will face action to stop them unethically taking advantage of vulnerable litigants, a charity has urged.


SRA to probe competence of family law and landlord and tenant solicitors

2 August 2024

The SRA is to examine how family law and landlord and tenant law specialists maintain their competence amid increasing reports about their practices.


Litigation funder stymied as divorcing couple drop proceedings

3 July 2024

Financial remedy proceedings to which the Court of Appeal said a litigation funder could be a party so as to protect the £1m it was owed by the wife have now been dropped with the money still owing.


Solicitor rebuked for leaving client unrepresented at hearing

17 June 2024

A solicitor who withdrew from a Family Court hearing over a fee dispute so late that he left his client no chance to find a replacement has been rebuked by the SRA.


“No vision” on use of AI by family justice system

4 June 2024

There is currently “not a vision” for how people in the family justice system, clients and professionals, can “safely harness” the benefits of artificial intelligence, research has argued.


Judge uses new power to “encourage” ADR in absence of agreement

31 May 2024

The High Court has used new powers to “encourage” the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in family proceedings in the absence of agreement between the parties.


Charitable family law ABS encourages model for other practice areas

28 May 2024

A not-for-profit family law alternative business structure is looking at other sectors where it could help vulnerable and under-represented people are not eligible for legal aid.


Online portal fault allowed couples to divorce too early

28 May 2024

A fault in the digital divorce system allowed 67 members of the public to apply for their divorces earlier than they were allowed to by law, it emerged last week.


Family legal aid “loss-making for half of providers”

22 May 2024

Family legal aid is loss-making for almost half of providers, research has found, with those handling private, rather than public, law matters struggling the most.


Value of family law market hits £2bn

30 April 2024

The annual value of the family law market hit £2bn for the first time last year, as it rose by 4.5%, researchers have found, with ancillary services boosting the opportunities for firms.


Online employment law specialist targets divorce and conveyancing

25 April 2024

The founder of an online employment law firm which specialises in settlement agreements has said he is planning to launch two similar ABSs – one for no-fault divorce and the other for conveyancing.


Leading law firm obtained order for client’s divorce “in error”

12 April 2024

One of the country’s highest-profile family law firms obtained a final order of divorce for a client in error without her instructions or authority, it has emerged.

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