This is an expanded version of my latest post for The Times, which appears on The Experts blog today. Marilyn Stowe As a family lawyer, I am accustomed to representing men and women whose lives have been turned upside down after relationships have …
Marilyn Stowe I chuckled when I read that the Bar Standards Board has given its approval to removing the prohibition on barristers conducting litigation work. If barristers offer litigation services, competing alongside solicitors, I think …
From my latest Solicitors Journal column “Family Business”, 22/02/2011. Meeting of Minds EXCLUSIVE! The words ‘interesting’ and ‘conference’ aren’t always mutually exclusive, reveals Marilyn Stowe Like many family …
Today, before drawing this series to a close, I would like to briefly point out that those who practice in transnational cases are used to considering exactly how clients come within the jurisdiction of the English court, in terms of residence or domicile.
Morris Room, Oxford Union It would be fair to say that the past week has been an eventful one – not least because on Thursday, I addressed the Oxford Union. I had been invited to debate before the house, speaking in favour of the motion, “This …
From my latest Solicitors Journal column “Family Business”, 18/01/2011. Tainted Love Here’s hoping this year’s fresh Family Proceedings Rules sort out this maddening self-help situation, says Marilyn Stowe Up and down the country, family …
The arguments for and against legalising prenups in this country have been done to death and I don’t intend to rehearse them all over again. For the uninitiated, my view is that they will only ever affect a small minority of wealthy people. As …
This is an expanded version of my latest Family Business column in Solicitors Journal. Darkness is cheap A family solicitor’s Christmas Carol, by Marilyn Stowe Christmas is now upon us and another year has flown by. Last night we sat in our …
This is a slightly expanded version of my latest Family Business column in Solicitors Journal. Maybe Baby Even a working mum feels the pang of fear when an employee starts a family, confesses Marilyn Stowe It begins with a glowing, beaming, …
Further to my recent posts about savage cuts to family law legal aid in England and Wales, I would like to thank those who have contacted me or left comments, on this blog and on Solicitors Journal, with their thoughts. I am pleased to learn that …
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