Solicitors and Legal Executives are required to undergo regular training in order to maintain their high standards. At the end of 2009 Mary reviewed the training undertaken by members of the Family Department – John Walsh, Beth Woodward and Atiyyah Younis and found that between them over the previous 12 months they had attended a huge range of courses covering a wide range of issues. Clients may be interested to know that between them they have attended courses on:
- Co-habitation;
- Inherited Assets;
- The credit crunch and bankruptcy – preserving assets where a bankruptcy is threatened;
- Enforcement of contact orders;
- Residence orders;
- Domestic violence;
- Treatment of assets acquired before, during and after marriages;
- Pre and post nuptial agreements;
- Injunctions to protect and preserve matrimonial assets;
- Financial settlements following a long separation;
- Forced marriages;
- Abduction of children from the jurisdiction;
- Parents who are seeking asylum;
- Marriage, separation and cultural issues – Islamic and Jewish;
- Appeals;
- Recognition and enforcement of orders (including divorces) made abroad;
- Costs rules;
- Setting aside Consent Orders;
- Lasting powers of attorney and mental capacity – the Mental Capacity Act 2005;
- Death and litigation – contentious probate;
- Inheritance tax;
- Maintenance – generally, variation and enforcement;
- Valuing businesses in ancillary relief proceedings;
- Independent Financial Advisors, explaining their role in Collaborative Law;
In addition to our attendances on these courses, we have of course also maintained regular reading of current developments in the area of Family Law.
