Jan 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Final Report from the Financial Remedies Working Group The Financial Remedies Working Group (“the Group”) was introduced in June 2014 to explore ways of improving the accessibility of the family justice system for litigants in person, and to identify ways of...
Jan 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Observer reported over the weekend that legal aid cuts have hit divided families as contact centres close down due to the fact that parents are simply not accessing the services they would have previously been able to access if they had been in receipt of legal...
Jan 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
Consilia Legal is now in it’s second month of trading and as a team we are feeling positive about our plans for the year ahead. To mark the launch of the firm, we recently met with The Business Desk to discuss who we are, our commerical goals for the firm and...
Dec 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
Open a newspaper in early January and there are lots of articles about how this month is a divorce lawyer’s mecca. The media predictably quote that more instructions are given for divorce on the first working day after the New Year than at any other time of the...
Dec 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
Happy New Year Are you still eating those chocolates? Remember in December 2014 it was decided by the European Courts in FOA (Kaltoft) v Billund that obesity can be classed as a disability. A person is disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if they have a physical...
Dec 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
A presumption of parental involvement came into effect from 22 October 2014. The purpose of the new legislation is to reinforce the importance of a child having a relationship with both parents. It is also hoped that the new provision will achieve a cultural shift in...
