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Welcome to your April 2024 edition of the Legal Aid newsletter from Resolution.

Welcome to your March 2024 edition of the Legal Aid newsletter from Resolution.

Resolution’s response to the Ministry of Justice Review of Civil Legal Aid.

Welcome to your February 2024 edition of the Legal Aid newsletter from Resolution.

Social media can be a useful tool for family solicitors to connect with the public and other professionals, publicise campaigns, raise the profile of members and communicate about the work we do. As it can potentially reach a wide audience, we must be careful about how our use of social media impacts on our client-related work.

In reality all family law clients should be considered as vulnerable, they are usually in a state of heightened emotion when they first meet with their lawyer, and we are usually asking them to explain very personal and upsetting matters with someone they have not met before. There are of course very different degrees of vulnerability and how best to support and assist our clients can be an area of concern and confusion, particularly to less experienced practitioners. This guide is designed to set out some best practice guidance on working together with vulnerable clients.

Welcome to your January 2024 edition of the Legal Aid newsletter from Resolution. We wish all our readers a happy New Year!

Resolution’s response to the Ministry of Justice's consultation seeking views on a proposal to deliver increases to selected court and tribunal fees, to partially reflect changes in the general level of prices.

Welcome to your December 2023 edition of the Legal Aid newsletter from Resolution.

Resolution’s response to the recommendations for best practice in respect of the Adoption Interim report of the Adoption Sub-Group of the Public Law Working Group

Welcome to your November 2023 edition of the Legal Aid newsletter from Resolution.

Resolution’s response to the Family Justice Council.

Welcome to your October 2023 edition of the Legal Aid newsletter from Resolution.

The introduction, development and evolution of new methods of resolving family disputes for changing families means there is a need for us all to look at how we communicate as members of Resolution; with our clients, with other members, with our clients’ former partners if they are not represented by a lawyer, with other members of our clients’ families, with other non-member lawyers, barristers, judges, mediators and arbitrators and more widely within the family justice system. Poor communication accounts for the largest number of complaints received by Resolution.

Resolution’s response to the Legal Aid Agency (LAA).

Resolution’s response to the Ministry of Justice.

Resolution’s response to the Family Procedure Rule Committee.

Resolution’s response to the Family Procedure Rule Committee.

Our Parenting After Parting Committee sat down with Sir James Munby to bring you a special two-part podcast.

Welcome to your April 2023 edition of the Legal Aid newsletter from Resolution.