This is an expanded version of my latest post for The Times, which appears on The Experts blog today. I was doing some work for the Law Society. I travelled to a small Midlands town, to a high street lawyer’s office next to a greasy spoon cafe. I …
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 …
Today The Times has launched its new law blog: The Experts. Legal Editor Frances Gibb describes it as: A blog in which our team of top-name lawyers will give regular comment on the news and developments – from criminal to family, commercial to …
From the Law section of The Times website, 25/03/2010. Liz Taylor was beautiful, iconic… and a great client for divorce lawyers By Marilyn Stowe Somewhat predictably, the obituaries and features about Elizabeth Taylor have focused upon the …
The Times lists its Top Legal Bloggers today, and I am delighted to have been included. What an honour! The roll call is accompanied by an interesting piece about the future of legal blogging. Journalist Pat Long points out that although fewer new …
International Women’s Day, on 8 March, celebrated the political, social and economic achievements of women. I was invited to appear on BBC Radio York on the day, to discuss if women really can “have it all”. Certainly, the stress and pressure …
This week I received a very nice email from a trainee solicitor in South Yorkshire who had read my post Justice with Courage: doing the legal laundry, and was enthused by it. It was very kind of him to write, and was much appreciated. It is also …
As previously noted, many first-time visitors to this blog arrive here after typing their questions about divorce and family law directly into Google and other search engines. I also receive a number of reader enquiries via the comments section and …
I was interested to read in The Times that a barristers’ chambers in London has set up a company that will arrange funding in divorce cases: “Steve Jones, its business development manager, says: “It’s a way of reducing the balance between …
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