All Family and children articles – Page 47
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NewsFamily court hammers firm in compliance crackdown
Judge makes wasted costs order against Barrett & Thomson for failing to keep court informed.
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NewsFixed fees fuel drive towards arbitration
Arbitration as a form of dispute resolution has the backing of Family Division president Sir James Munby.
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NewsMunby turns his guns on excess bundles
Judge lays down the law after bundle with 591 pages submitted by party in family court.
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FeaturePersonal injury: duty of care
Non-delegable duty of care for local authorities in foster care – a tale of two judgments.
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NewsPioneering family court to go national
Department for Education providing £2.5m to extend drug and alcohol court across England.
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NewsMinisters ‘avoiding’ litigants in person question – Khan
Shadow justice secretary asked about growth of litigants in person in court four months ago – but says he has yet to receive an answer.
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Opinion
Family lawyers: loved at last?
The dismantling of legal aid has had one unexpected consequence – the worth of family lawyers is finally being recognised.
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NewsBury St Edmunds to take London divorces
HM Courts & Tribunals Service has begun process of centralising divorce applications.
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News‘Gratuitously rude’ judge reprimanded in CoA ruling
His Honour Judge Dodds was responsible for ‘unrestrained and immoderate language that had to be deplored’.
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NewsCoA overturns ‘fundamentally unfair’ care order
A care order for three children made less than three weeks after Liverpool City Council had applied for it has been overturned.
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FeatureSpousal maintenance
Disputes related to this are often the main bar to divorcing couples resolving financial disagreements. Recent comprehensive guidance aims to help.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Court of Protection Handbook – a user’s guide
This handbook on embryonic new powers in the court is in a league of its own.
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News
Law Society backing for outreach
CLOCK was set up in 2012 to assist those without representation in court with housing, welfare, family relations and community safety issues.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Family Law Arbitration
All family lawyers, plus lay clients and litigants in person, should buy a copy of this essential guide.
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NewsSolicitor warning over legal aid disputes
Rebecca Stevens has worked more than 100 hours pro bono for parents fighting adoption battle.
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NewsMunby: legal aid system ‘not humane’
Family Division chief angry at delays that have held up child adoption case, saying system acts as a barrier to funding.
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NewsJudge orders MoJ to pay for LiP’s lawyer
Family Court says it has power to direct that HMCTS meets representation costs.
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OpinionOh no, not Divorce Day again
This PR invention is counter-productive to the firms involved and the profession as a whole.