The Marriage Foundation was launched by Sir Paul Coleridge earlier this week, and this experienced High Court judge is the organisation’s obvious champion. Sir Paul, who spent 30 years as a specialist family law barrister, has previously urged couples to “mend it, don’t end it”.
My latest column in Solicitors Journal focused on the start of my career in practice nearly 30 years ago and the ups and downs of trying to establish a branch office of a law firm in the 1980s.
This week I am examining the Family Procedure Rules 2010. Today I would like to begin by looking at the Rules’ Overriding Objective (page 24). This is the new statement with which the Family Procedure Rules begin.
Marilyn Stowe is the Senior Partner at Stowe Family Law LLP. Stowe Family Law LLP is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. SRA ref 469401. Stowe Family Law LLP is registered with Companies House, ref. 331570, and registered for VAT, number 918 5722 04. A list of members is available for inspection at our Harrogate office.
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