Franca Webb

In family law there are often pilots in various areas of the country in effect testing out ideas in the hope that, if they are successful, they will be rolled out nationally to improve aspects of family law. The Crime and Security Act 2010 brought in...

Wind turbines and why I always advise clients to obtain a financial order on divorce I have been a solicitor for in excess of 38 years and for approximately 30 of those years I have dealt exclusively with family law matters. I have met and...

The changing role of independent domestic violence advocates (IDVAS) and independent sexual violence advisors (ISVAS) in the family court room. In the mid 2000s Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVAs) and Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (ISVAs)...

Changes to domestic abuse evidence (gateway evidence) for legal aid for private family matters Since 2012 it has, generally, been a pre-requisite to obtaining legal aid for private family matters that some very specific evidence of domestic abuse...

Four years after the domestic abuse bill was first promised in the Queen’s Speech it finally became law 30 th April 2021. Perhaps the main change in family law is that the Act was to stop the practice of a perpetrator of domestic abuse cross...

Prior to the Child Support Agency (CSA) and now the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) issues of child maintenance were dealt with via the court. The main issue in respect of child maintenance was collection of child maintenance which was both costly and...

On 7 th June 2022 the criminal offence of non-fatal strangulation was made a specific criminal offence under the Domestic Abuse Act 2021. Perpetrators of this crime now face up to 5 years in prison. The practice of non-fatal strangulation is...

For many years now Resolution (a group of lawyers dedicated to a constructive approach to family breakdown) and others have been campaigning for a ‘No Fault’ Divorce. For too many years there has been a blame culture which has been used to...

As soon as the news of the disappearance of Sarah Everard came on the TV my heart sank as I am sure did most women’s. It was perhaps just a matter of time before we would hear that this missing woman became one of the three women a week killed by...