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Life as a Family Law Paralegal

What is a paralegal? Paralegals support lawyers in various ways from assisting with day-to-day management of a client’s matter to the administrative tasks involved behind the scenes. Paralegals usually assist in both legal and administrative work. Paralegals are not...

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Changes to the Family Procedure Rules introduced at the end of April have been adopted to encourage individuals to utilise alternative means to resolve Family Law disputes, rather than litigating through the courts.

Charlotte Hirst, a paralegal at Staffordshire Family Law Solicitors explains: “For some time, there has been a requirement on people to attend a “Mediation Information Assessment Meeting” (known as a MIAM) prior to issuing an application to the court, to consider...

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