All Family and children articles – Page 58
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NewsPioneering family court on the edge
Drug and alcohol court faces an uncertain future, with its 2014 funding of £600,000 yet to be confirmed.
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NewsThe courts are secular, says top family judge
Judges are no longer the guardians of public morality, Sir James Munby tells a Law Society conference.
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NewsLitigant in person punches wife during hearing
Security concerns have been raised following a violent incident in family proceedings.
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OpinionWhat’s holding back family mediation?
Changes must be made so that more lawyer referrals lead to mediation for couples in dispute.
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NewsKill off outdated family law, says retiring Coleridge
The private sector should take the lead in developing alternatives to the ‘bloodshed, time and cost’ of court, family judge says.
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NewsTime to halt adoption ‘inadequacies’
Family judge warns that moves to speed up adoption could lead to children being removed from their birth parents on flimsy evidence.
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FeatureJurisdiction and meaning of habitual residence
A landmark decision from the Supreme Court will have significant implications for practitioners.
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NewsPioneer solicitor-judge dies at 86
His Honour Peter Goldstone, one of the first solicitors to be appointed a recorder, has died
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FeatureDelay and strike-out in financial remedy proceedings
Andrew Newbury looks at the introduction of family rules which allow a strike out of a statement of case.
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OpinionDivorce lawyers: proving our worth
Solicitors must demonstrate the value of a qualified family lawyer in divorce cases.
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NewsLet 'glare of publicity' into family courts, says Munby
The president of the family division says there is a ‘pressing need’ for more transparency.
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Law Report
Medical treatment
Adult patient – Consent to treatment – Patient lacking capacity – Adult male, DE, having learning difficulties
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NewsForty-six jobs lost as Challinors finally goes under
Troubled Midlands firm Challinors has gone in to administration.
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NewsFamily judge criticises reliance on free representation
The president of the Family Division has criticised a legal aid regime that left a mother who faced jail reliant on her lawyers’ willingness to act for free.
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Law Report
Marriage
Validity – Declaration – Respondent lacking capacity having married abroad in arranged marriage ceremony
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FeatureSet standards for wills
The Law Society has launched its first recognised quality standard for wills and estate administration
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Feature
Kinship foster carers’ allowances
What will be the impact of a landmark judgment on allowances for family foster carers? Fiona Scolding and Amelia Walker look at the case.
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NewsList of approved judges for child abuse cases
Rules governing how serious sex cases and proceedings involving vulnerable witnesses are heard will be tightened up.
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Feature
Piercing the corporate veil
The unanimous judgment of the Supreme Court in Petrodel Resources Ltd v Prest led to a media circus. Now the dust has settled, we have more clarity on the repercussions of the case for those involved in family and company law.