While many family law cases are localised, increasing numbers include an element of cross-border work. A dual-qualified family lawyer brings an understanding of different legal systems and cultures that helps inform their approach to running the case. Here, two lawyers explain their own experiences.

Being a paralegal is often seen as a steppingstone to a career in the legal profession. But for many, it’s a fulfilling career in itself. Here are three points of view shared by career paralegals from The Family Law Company who all work with legally aided clients.

Changes to speed up the way that family law courts deal with divorce, separation and child custody cases will be badly undermined by the government’s cuts to civil legal aid, the Law Society has said.

Solicitors have recently reported a rise in legal battles over incapacity as dementia cases rise. Disputes centre around inheritance and “who should actually have control of someone who hasn’t got capacity”. 

The prenuptial agreement – or 'prenup', for short – has an undeservedly (yet understandably) awkward reputation. But in a legal context, alongside its post-nuptial counterpart, the ‘postnup’, it’s an incredibly useful asset for any married couple. As an aspiring solicitor with a budding interest in family law, this article is the product of some research into the infamous prenup – with the aim of dispelling some common misconceptions around it.

Family law barristers deal with all legal matters relating to marriage, separation, divorce and cohabitation, as well as issues relating to children, including contact arrangements, care and placement orders, adoption and surrogacy.

Family and divorce is very much a people-focused area of law.

Contextual recruitment is a process that considers a candidate’s personal background to put ‘eligibility criteria’ into context.

This is my last post for LawCareers.Net. I move onto my training contract in September, and so a new chapter is starting for me. Any change comes with a mixture of nerves and excitement – and this is a huge one for me. A new city, a new job, a new flat.

Independent law firm Farrer & Co LLP has revealed that 36 employees have now been trained as mental health first aiders and will be offering support to colleagues who have mental health concerns. 

Corporate lawyer Amen Alonge shares how he qualified as a career changer and his involvement in business development at Farrer & Co LLP.

What are the challenges to reducing the environmental impact of the fashion industry?

As the Tory leadership contest sees the four candidates whittled down to the final two today, and tensions between the US and Iran escalate, there really is never a dull moment on Planet Earth. Draw your focus for five minutes to the business world and you’ll see that there are many places that politics, economics and the law intersect.

Two mergers went live on 1 February. Howard Kennedy and Finers Stephen Innocent have rebranded to become HowardKennedyFsi following their merger, while Oxford firm Henmans has merged with leading regional firm Freeth Cartwright to become Henmans Freeth.

Cuts of £13.8 million to universities' bursary and scholarship budgets could disadvantage less wealthy students during their time in higher education.

The number of applications for Queen's Counsel status submitted by female barristers has dropped by a third this year.

Long since labelled a ‘male-dominated industry’, the legal profession is having its gendered division challenged by women solicitors joining at three times the rate of men.