All Benchmarks articles
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Do we need a specialist housing court?
View from the district bench: return of a Gazette favourite.
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Money matters in family cases
District Judge Peter Glover concludes his series on enforcement and the family court.
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Keeping the record straight
We consider how a solicitor can be added to and removed from the court record.
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Charge or penalty?
Graham Green considers the far-reaching repercussions of a parking ticket.
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Fixing the boundary
Merely giving an employee an opportunity to commit a wrong is not sufficient to impose vicarious liability.
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Pensions of bankrupts
District Judge Graeme Smith considers an uncertain aspect of bankruptcy law.
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LiP service post-LASPO
A clutch of cases in which the president of the Family Division considered how to deal with unrepresented litigants.
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‘Contact’ and alcohol abuse
Peter Glover considers how breath-test devices can help facilitate ‘contact’ in family cases.
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New deal for FDR?
Graeme Smith considers how financial dispute resolution could apply to chancery cases
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Applications made without notice
Julie Exton explains recent guidance, which has been circulated via designated family judges.
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Chartwell – relief from sanctions
A judgment deriving from an exception to the general rule on efficiency and proportionality.
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Calculation of time
A district judge considers the timing of compliance with directions orders.
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Residential possession: speedy eviction
An in-depth look at the complexities of residential possession claims.