All Family and children articles – Page 34
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Opinion
Munby leaves family justice in reassuring hands
Sir Andrew McFarlane will become president of the family division in July.
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News
Digitising divorce applications could save 13,000 hours of court staff time
HM Courts & Tribunals Service family modernisation chief says divorce should not be determined by the ability to copy text.
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News
Hale: Supreme Court's job is to interpret the law, not legislate
UK's highest court will shortly hear two eagerly awaited decisions on divorce and civil partnerships.
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News
Munby takes action on 'defective' divorces
Judges told communications should be expressed in appropriately sympathetic and apologetic language.
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News
Family lawyers repeat calls for no-fault divorce ahead of Owens intervention
Resolution says it is ridiculous that Tini Owens has to go to the Supreme Court to be granted a decree nisi.
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Opinion
Family courts can deter people threatened with being outed
Following celebrity revelations of HIV status, a solicitor relates her experience of representing a client who successfully applied for a non-molestation order.
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News
Plaudits for judge's plain speaking in adoption case
Deputy District Judge Reed explains decision with 'simple words' so the father, who has a learning disability, can understand.
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News
Munby on warpath over cross-examination and practice directions
President of the family division says the case for reform is overwhelming.
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News
83-year-old jailed for contempt over divorce settlement
His Honour Judge Wildblood QC says no one wishes to see an elderly man go to prison unless it is genuinely necessary.
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News
Sexual relationship not necessary for a valid marriage, says Munby
Family division grants parental order to couple where one partner is gay.
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News
Pioneering family court expands in London
Problem-solving court will now cover nine boroughs and three courts will host proceedings.
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Law Report
26 February 2018
This week’s starred Law Reports - including two landmark human rights decisions in the Supreme Court.
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News
Mother faces £20,000 costs bill despite successfully challenging care order
Court of Appeal says local authorities cannot make up for legal aid funding deficiencies.
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Feature
Reform needed to protect cohabiting couples
It’s time the law caught up with the social shift toward cohabitation.
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News
Supreme Court ruling highlights complexities in family 'abduction' cases
Justices consider the effect of an application under the Hague Convention if a child has become habitually resident in the destination state.