All Family and children articles – Page 13
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News'Groundbreaking' mental health resource to support divorce clients
Firm spearheading initiative hopes guidance begins conversation on how lawyers can support vulnerable clients and each other.
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News‘Special permission’ granted for law clinic’s family court base
Teesside University Law Clinic says the new family court initative is ‘one of only two similar schemes in the whole country’.
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OpinionEarly legal advice pilot: resolving the family court crisis
When it comes to family justice and diverting more cases away from court, lawyers are part of the solution, not the problem.
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News'We weren't being heard': siblings share family justice experience
Cafcass chief executive shared interview during her Family Justice Council Bridget Lindley lecture.
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ProfileMy legal life: Sital Fontenelle, Kingsley Napley
Head of the family and divorce team, London.
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NewsDomestic abuse pilot to spare victims multiple court hearings
Justice minister says new protection orders will become an important access to justice tool.
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NewsSociety asks family lawyers for help painting fuller picture of legal aid crisis
Chancery Lane wants to provide a detailed business case to the Ministry of Justice on the need for greater investment.
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NewsDivorce hits 50-year low - but may not mean marital bliss
Family lawyers say no-fault reforms, Covid, cost-of-living crisis and fewer marriages explain latest ONS figures.
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News'High time' family lawyers stopped inappropriate requests for 'clarification' - CoA
Court of Appeal judges say lawyers have ‘misused’ process of clarifications designed to stop unnecessary appeals.
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OpinionTransparency pilot offers a window on society
Expansion of media reporting will play a vital role in revealing how decisions are made in the family courts.
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NewsBuckland: divorce reform needs to move faster
Former lord chancellor concerned about speed of progress on financial remedies with several months to go until Law Commission 'scoping paper' published.
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NewsCompulsory mediation ruled out for separating couples
Ministry of Justice says concerns had been raised about the adequacy of proposed safeguards to protect victims of domestic abuse.
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NewsLiP hit with £10,000 costs over ‘disturbing’ emails to trainee solicitor
Judge describes ‘emotional toll’ that husband’s conduct had on wife’s legal team.
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