News – Page 32
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MoJ hunts for £69m to refund power of attorney overcharging
Office of the Public Guardian cut costs of LPAs in April last year after 2 million people overpaid.
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NewsAccountancy body granted right to carry out probate work
Association of Chartered Certified Accounts hails ‘important development’.
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NewsMunby warns against 'adversarial and punitive' care proceedings
Local authorities should think long and hard before removing seriously disabled children from their parents.
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NewsObituary: Philip Pettit, legal scholar
Renowned academic and author of Equity and the Law of Trusts dies at 92.
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NewsMunby to pilot specialist courts for financial remedies
Family division president lays out blueprint for London, the West Midlands and south-east Wales circuits.
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NewsMunby orders unsealing of abdicated king's will - but won't read it
Decision will help keeper of Queen's archives resolve questions of copyright.
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NewsBrexit: don't go down one-way street, family lawyers warn
Practitioner groups say lack of reciprocal agreement will create unfair outcomes for families.
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NewsLegacy body urges rethink on electronic wills
Institute of Legacy Management says proposals regarding electronic wills may need ‘whole new consultation’.
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News‘End anguish over estate benefits’, says solicitor
Unmanageable government requests cause misery for the bereaved.
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NewsLaw Society backs alternative wills
Law Society broadly supportive of Law Commission proposals to reform wills law.
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NewsWills reform could turn people away from solicitors
Around 80 responses have been received so far to Law Commission consultation.
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NewsMunby urges rethink on child prosecutions
President of the family division says too many Whitehall departments involved in children's welfare.
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NewsCouples lie about adultery to speed up divorce proceedings
Family lawyers say Nuffield Foundation study supports need to introduce no-fault divorce provision.
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NewsMarriage law reform will have to wait, Raab says
Ministry of Justice says the family justice system is under significant pressure.
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NewsYour family and immigration questions answered - from £4.99
LexSnap founder Tetiana Bersheda says online service will improve initial client meetings.
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News'Clumsy' lawyers risk appeals after judge clarifies family court powers
Mr Justice Mostyn says sterile, technical objections have caused needless delays.
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Bar scraps nursery scheme after four years
Campaign to set up a nursery stretched back decades.
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NewsWomen still cluster in traditional practice areas
Law Society data reveals the subject areas in which solicitors say they work.
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NewsLitigant-in-person figures expose family courts crisis
Neither applicant nor respondent represented in 36% of disposals, Ministry of Justice figures show.
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NewsRecovery stutters at ABS standard-bearer Co-op Legal
Company intends to increase legal services provision in growing number of funeral homes.