Fee-Charging McKenzie Friends in Private Family Law Cases: Key Findings from the Research Report

Leanne Smith; Emma Hitchings; Mark Sefton

Fee-Charging McKenzie Friends in Private Family Law Cases: Key Findings from the Research Report

Leanne Smith, Emma Hitchings, Mark Sefton

University of Bristol Law School

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Sets out the key findings from a recent qualitative mixed methods study into the practices of fee-charging McKenzie Friends in private family law cases. Stage one of the research comprised in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 20 fee-charging McKenzie Friends and 20 LiP clients of McKenzie Friends. Stage two of the research involved observation of private family law hearings involving fee-charging McKenzie Friends and linked interviews with as many of those involved in the hearing as possible. It has been reported that the number of fee-charging McKenzie Friends is growing in the wake of the withdrawal of legal aid for a range of legal disputes through the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. It appears that a majority of fee-charging McKenzie Friends work in the area of private family law disputes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	971-977
Number of pages	7
Journal	Family Law
Volume	47
Issue number	9
Early online date	4 Sept 2017
Publication status	Published - Sept 2017

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Smith, L., Hitchings, E., & Sefton, M. (2017). Fee-Charging McKenzie Friends in Private Family Law Cases: Key Findings from the Research Report. Family Law, 47(9), 971-977. https://onlineservices.jordanpublishing.co.uk/content/en/FAMILYpa#addHistory=true&filename=Family_FLJONLINE_FLJ_2017_09_53.dita.xml&docid=Family_FLJONLINE_FLJ_2017_09_53&inner_id=&tid=&query=&scope=&resource=&toc=false&eventType=lcContent.loadDocFamily_FLJONLINE_FLJ_2017_09_53

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