@karendovaston
Family Law Solicitor | Arbitrator | founder of Dovaston Law | Council Member of The Law Society | Chair of the Family Law Policy Committee of the Law Society | Author | Family Law Microcredential Assessor | Hopefully a decent human
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Complex, no?! Notebook and chart at the ready…
Valentine's Day is about celebrating love, in all its forms. Past, present, yet to come. The quiet times and the in between times. Family, curated family and friends. To quote The Definition of Sound, Wear Your Love Like Heaven.
Time moves on in a relationship. A lot can change in 10 years....
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To be or not to be: interesting case on parental responsibility in the face of honest mistake of biological status
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FOR BARRISTER COLLEAGUES: Guidance on the FR portal
Good news for our local education area:
Celebrations for Burns Night for our friends and colleagues over the boarder.
Guidance, from the President of the Family Division, which were published today;
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We have another office! Face to face, Zoom, Teams...whatever is best for you.
Unilateral decisions in family law ... parents need to communicate and co-operate
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See our latest blog post summarising the case of V v V [2024] EWFC 380 (B). This case addresses limited finances when one party has significant disabilities.
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#FamilyLaw #LegalUpdate #DisabilityRights #FinancialRemedies #CourtDecisions
This has really got me this morning. This is just not right. What can we do that will have a practical and meaningful impact? Action. What action?
Oh God… this is just awful. What the heck are we doing?
Arbitral awards, court orders and the continuing obligation to give financial disclosure....plus a lovely, clear judgment style from HHJ Booth
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Happy New Year to all our colleagues and clients!
This is why we need the NHS, people 👇
No such thing as weather being too bad, only the wrong clothing; she opines as she snuggles inside with no intention of poking her nose outdoors.
This weekend, I appeared on BBC Politics South East, first article on the show and it was about the court experience and domestic abuse. We are not perfect but we are doing what they can to make the situation as least traumatic as possible, for all
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Last minute Christmas rush. And a partridge in a p....oh.
How many Christmas shopping days left.
First Family Court Annual Report published... a real 'state of the nation'...
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Latha Naomh Anndra sona dhuibh! "O wad some Power the giftie gie us. To see ourselves as others see us"
Are you thinking 'what's all this AI about then?' There's a very nice summary from The Law Society here:
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