All Family and children articles
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NewsJudge issues pre-trial legal aid plea after mother left alone
Judge worried vulnerable mother was not fully prepared for four-day contested final hearing.
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OpinionFamily non-court dispute resolution one year on
It matters that we know whether or not the new era for non-court dispute resolution has arrived.
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ProfileMy legal life: Camella Cephas, WSP Solicitors
Board member, head of children and care law and soon to be managing director at WSP Solicitors, Gloucestershire
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NewsGovernment eyes abolition of SEND Tribunal
'Ground is being rolled' for major reform, as judges are told they will no longer be needed.
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NewsSociety revives campaign to save civil legal aid
Law Society unveils new heatmap showing worrying legal aid 'desert' for community care legal aid services.
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OpinionEssential resource for overseas work
Henry Dawson reviews 'International Family Law Handbook'.
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OpinionThe family justice system is failing to protect those most at risk
National Audit Office's latest report delivers a sobering assessment of a system struggling to meet the needs of vulnerable children and families.
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NewsFamily firm overturns ombudsman’s £15,700 award
High Court judge reduces the costs awarded to the firm to ‘reflect the court’s disapproval’ of firm’s failure to file relevant evidence at the appropriate time.
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NewsJudge's scepticism of mother not the fault of negligent solicitors
Findings of inconsistencies in a mother’s evidence could not be laid at the door of her former solicitors, Court of Appeal finds.
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NewsJudge who sits on family cases failed to protect children from abusive partner
Deputy district judge cannot be named, despite the press arguing that anonymity could reduce trust in the justice system.
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NewsFamily justice delays double legal aid spend
Spending watchdog criticises lack of government data to understand why cases are taking so long.
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NewsEfficient service? MPs to probe family court system
Ministry of Justice and Department for Education officials will be grilled on why families are waiting up to a year for their cases to be resolved.
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NewsFamily judge lambasts 'obfuscatory disclosure'
Court's approach to £1.2m financial remedy order ‘necessitated by the husband’s dishonesty’.
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NewsFirm hire: Hall Brown Family Law appoints joint head of London office
Senior lawyer Priya Palanivel has spent much of her career working within a boutique family law firm environment.
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NewsMemory lane
Rising number of practitioners, single civil court fears, the need for a family court and extradition and the Stonehouse case: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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ProfileMy legal life: Mital Raithatha, Coram Children’s Legal Centre
Senior solicitor and head of education law, London.
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NewsFamily judge ‘wrong’ about overnight stays following rape finding
Order maintaining father's overnight contact 'tipped to the wrong side of the balancing scales', High Court finds.