Speaker: Safda Mahmood
Intermediate/Update Level – Competence – B – Technical Legal Practice
Family practitioners will be aware that there will be brought in, a significant change to divorce law, the first major change for over 49 years. The concept of ‘non-fault’ divorce will finally come into force into force on 6 April 2022. Are you, and your firm ready for this?
There will be new forms, the procedure, new timescales, and you wish you would want to make sure that you are to date, and ready, to avoid making fundamental mistakes, going forward.
This will be an interactive seminar with plenty of opportunity to ask questions and to analyse key themes and case law throughout the day. This session will be covering the following areas:
- Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 – The essentials
- New Terminology to be used
- What about the ‘hardship’ and other defences?
- What is the position with costs? Will they still be sought?
- How does this Act change divorce law and procedure as we know it?
- New Timescales
- The Online Divorce Process – what do you need to know?
- Defences to a Divorce under the New Law
- Removal of the Facts for Divorce
- Joint applications
- Dissolution of Civil Partnerships
- New Timescales
Speakers Details
Safda Mahmood is a Senior Solicitor and Advocate in a Local Authority, as well as a nationally recognised Professional Development provider. Safda has practiced and lectured in Family Law for over 27 years and is on the Law Society Children Law Accredited Panel, specialising in Children and Adoption Law. As an author, he has written for various publications, such as Jordans’ Family Law Journal, The Legal Executives Journal, Solicitors Journal and the Law Society and Local Government Bulletin. Safda has also co-updated the title ‘Child Care and Protection: Law and Practice: Fifth Edition and is the Editor of the updated 6th edition of 2019 as well as the Children Law Handbook, 2021, by the Law Society.
