by familoo | 4 Jan 2011 | courts, legal news, Uncategorized
The Family Procedure Rules 2010 – not to be confused with the Family ProceedINGS Rules 1991 (as amended) – are now available for your delectation. I don’t know many lawyers who would relish the prospect of poring over almost 300 pages of SI, so I’ve done it for you....
by familoo | 17 Nov 2025 | rants
If I had a quid for every email that comes into my inbox about the use of AI in law, I’d be retiring. Horror stories about lawyers misusing AI, lying about using AI, dire warnings about hallucinations, guidance for judges on using AI, warnings from data protection...
by familoo | 31 Jul 2022 | rants, representation
Finally…it’s here. Well, nearly… The fourth edition of my book The Family Court without a Lawyer – A Handbook for Litigants in Person is available to pre-order now. At the moment, if you order it directly from the publishers you get the digital...
by familoo | 15 Feb 2020 | rants
Readers of a certain age will remember this : You’re welcome for the earworm. There is a serious point here. The Family Procedure Rules are about to be amended (as of 6 April July). One of the amendments is one that Litigants in Person really need to be...
by familoo | 3 Feb 2019 | reviews, transparency
This is a review by Rodney Noon of a book co-written by myself, Julie Doughty and Paul Magrath. It originally appeared in Nagalro’s Seen & Heard (Vol 29, Issue 1, 2019) and is reproduced with kind permission. When selecting books for review, it has...
