Talking Family Law - The Resolution Podcast

Oct 28 2024 33 ep. 55 mins 18

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Guests take on a topical debate in family law in each episode in this podcast series from Resolution. Our hosts, Simon Blain and Anita Mehta, invite family law experts to share their experiences and anecdotes, in an insightful and entertaining conversation.

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Resolution Podcast S4 Episode #2 | Black History Month: Reclaiming the Narrative | w/ Natasha Shotunde, Olamide Ogunrinade & Donna Goodsell

Oct 28 2024 42 mins

This month we are joined by Natasha Shotunde (Garden Court Chambers), Olamide Ogunrinade (Garden Court Chambers) and Donna Goodsell (Goodsells Family Law) to celebrate Black History Month. Natasha and Olamide are members of the Black Barristers Network https://blackbarristersnetwork.org.uk. Donna is one of the Co-Chairs of Resolution’s Equality & Diversity Committee. Natasha

Resolution Podcast S4 Episode #1 | Cohabitation Reform: What should it look like? | w/ Professor Jens Scherpe & Graeme Fraser

Oct 07 2024 56 mins

In this episode, we are joined by Professor Jens Scherpe (Professor of Comparative Law at Aalborg University, and academic door tenant at QEB), and our very own Resolution Cohabitation Committee Chair, Graeme Fraser (Head of Family at William Sturges) to discuss what model of cohabitation law reform should be introduced in England & Wales. This is a seminal moment for Resoluti

Resolution Podcast S3 Episode #12 | Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989 | w/ Nicholas Allen KC & Michael Allum

Jul 28 2024 52 mins

This is the final episode in Season 3 and we wanted to finish with a bang! Nicholas Allen KC (29 Bedford Row) and Michael Allum (The International Family Law Group LLP) join us to talk about applications pursuant to Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989. Michael and Nick start by considering the line between payments that are properly for the benefit of the child and those which a c

Resolution Podcast S3 Episode #11 | What to do when a reporter turns up in Court | w/ Joshua Rozenberg KC & Lucy Reed KC

Jun 28 2024 49 mins

Our hosts, Anita Mehta and Simon Blain, discuss what to do when a reporter turns up in your Court and the importance of transparency with Joshua Rozenberg KC (Hon) and Lucy Reed KC (St John’s Chambers, Chair of The Transparency Project). Joshua refers us to the lessons learnt in Tickle v Father & Ors [2023] EWHC 2446 (Fam) (05 October 2023). https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/E

Resolution Podcast S3 Episode #10 | Relocation, Relocation, Relocation| w/ Charles Hale KC & Tammy Knox

Jun 03 2024 54 mins

We are joined by Charles Hale KC (4PB) and Tammy Knox (Pennington Manches Cooper) to discuss relocation. Charles and Tammy consider the law and principles applied in these cases. They point out that the law is the same for internal and external relocation cases, as set out in Re C (Internal Relocation), Re [2015] EWCA Civ 1305, where Charles and PMC were successful in the Court of

Resolution Podcast S3 Episode #9 | Maintenance and the Length of the Judge’s Foot | w/ Sally Harrison KC & Farhana Shazhady

Apr 29 2024 52 mins

What is the correct approach to a maintenance case? Listen to Sally Harrison KC (St John’s Buildings) and Farhana Shahzady (Streathers Solicitors) tell us how it is done. Sally reminds us of the guidance of Mr Justice Peel in WC v HC (Financial Remedies Agreements) (Rev1) [2022] EWFC 22 (22 March 2022) https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/22.htmlwhen thinking about the

Resolution Podcast S3 Episode #8 | PAG2, Pensions, and a Goodbye to Hilary | w/ Hilary Woodward, Paul Cobley and & Rhys Taylor

Mar 25 2024 57 mins

This month we are joined by Hilary Woodward (Honorary Senior Research Fellow with Bristol School of Law), Paul Cobley (Oak Barn Financial Planning) and Rhys Taylor (36 Group) to discuss PAG2: https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/A-guide-to-the-treatment-of-pensions-on-divorce-2nd-edition.pdf Hilary tells us about the changes in PAG2 and mentions the guide to t

Resolution Podcast S3 Episode #7 | Business accounts; have a healthy dose of scepticism | w/ Robert Cole & Peter Smith

Feb 26 2024 70 mins

This month we are treated to this tour de force by Robert Cole who is Head of the Family Team at Broadway House Chambers, Leeds and regularly sits as an arbitrator and ENE/pFDR adjudicator across the country, and Peter Smith from Quantis Forensic Accountants about how to analyse business accounts. We immediately launch into a discussion about what should cause you concern in busin

Resolution Podcast S3 Episode #6 | The Fair Shares Report | w/ Emma Hitchings, Gillian Douglas & Joanne Edwards

Dec 18 2023 52 mins

In this episode we are joined by Professor Emma Hitchings (Bristol University), Professor Emerita Gillian Douglas (Kings College, London), and Joanne Edwards (Chair of Resolution’s Family Law Reform Committee/Forsters) to discuss the Fair Shares report. This report is the first time there is a fully representative picture of the financial arrangements families make (and in a lot

Resolution Podcast S3 Episode #5 | Re-thinking Mediation | w/ Jo O'Sullivan, Dr Jon Symonds & Rachel Chisholm

Nov 24 2023 57 mins

This month we take an in-depth look at mediation with Jo O’Sullivan (O’Sullivan Family Law), Dr Jon Symonds (University of Bristol) and Rachel Chisholm (The Mediation Space, 4PB).In November 2022, Dr Symonds with his colleagues Emma Dermott, Emma Hitchings, Eleanor Staples, and Heather Ottaway from Bristol University published research with the Nuffield Family Justice Observato