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Marking LGBTQIA+ History Month, Bridget Garrood reflects on twenty years of legal change for same sex couples, from criminalised discrimination to marriage equality. While legislation has transformed family law, the author highlights the lived realities still facing LGBTQ+ families, particularly around separation, parenthood and cross-border recognition. Rights in legislation only matter if they work in real life. Family lawyers work with people at their most vulnerable, from those anxiously trying to grow their families through issues like surrogacy or adoption to the challenges faced when relationships come to an end. It is never ‘one size fits all’. Real families are diverse, complex - and often incredibly brave.

Is there a “right” way to resolve family disputes and when does court become the default? Claire Colbert reflects on a recent MIAM experience and asks whether clients are always fully informed or encouraged to engage meaningfully with the different NCDR alternatives before court becomes the focus.

Joe Ferguson and Katy Halliday examine the evolving approach to conduct in financial remedy proceedings, exploring tensions between established case law and procedural limits. Drawing on two of Cusworth J's recent judgments, they consider whether the courts are beginning to take a broader, fairness-based view of conduct – and whether a genuine shift may be underway.

Resonate is a new blog from Resolution, bringing together voices from across family law to share insight, experience and both personal and professional perspectives

Resolution's publications committee co-chairs, Farhana Shahzady and Rosa Schofield, introduce our new blog 'Resonate'. Designed to sit alongside The Review, it offers an inclusive, accessible platform for all members and we hope will encourage a sense of community, connection and shared experience across the family justice profession.