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The case tells a story of a 14-year-old youth who is the Applicant. She is the child of a Respondent and J.M., her mother,and she is suing the Respondent for child support. The Respondent has claimed no further liability for child support because of a certain contract he and J.M. signed before the Applicant's birth and in respect of which terms he did fulfil. The Applicant, I suppose, is apparently acting with chutzpah, to assert the contract is no defence.

Think about what we do as lawyers. Lawyers enter the lives of clients at the worst point in their lives, especially in a divorce setting. Everything is going wrong, their worlds are collapsing around them. You have the responsibility of guiding them out of that morass of chaos and speaking for them throughout that process. There is no higher responsibility.

Your practice is a business. Regardless of whether you are a solo practitioner or work at a large firm. That requires you to think and act as a business person. Any successful business person will tell you, start with having a thorough business plan.

An appeal from Philip M. Epstein, Q.C. to support the Campaign for Family Justice

A few decisions have been released in regard to the rules surrounding the implementation of pension division, but the questions and uncertainties continue to frustrate litigants and their counsel.