# The Family Lawyer’s guide to courts, with Laura Naser Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/standard-issue-podcast-628324/the-family-lawyer-s-guide-to-courts-with-laura-naser Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/standard-issue-podcast-628324/the-family-lawyer-s-guide-to-courts-with-laura-naser.md Podcast: [Standard Issue Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/standard-issue-podcast-628324) Published: 2026-05-11T02:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/AUDD5862766486.mp3 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/AUDD5862766486.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/standard-issue-podcast-628324/episodes/the-family-lawyer-s-guide-to-courts-with-laura-naser Duration seconds: 1602 ## Resource The family courts in England and Wales are going through some changes. In particular, a move to a 'child-focused' approach – designed to minimise trauma and cut a huge backlog of cases. But what does that really mean? Weren’t the family courts already child-focused? And will the changes really help victims of domestic abuse? Jen got on the Zoom with Laura Naser, award-winning partner in family law at Penningtons Manches Cooper, and author of The Family Lawyer’s Guide to Separation and Divorce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/standard-issue-podcast-628324/episodes/the-family-lawyer-s-guide-to-courts-with-laura-naser/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/standard-issue-podcast-628324/the-family-lawyer-s-guide-to-courts-with-laura-naser.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.