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Solicitors move firms as family practice goes under
Legal aid firm based in Milton Keynes is latest to close.
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NewsFamily transparency guidelines this year: Munby
President of the Family Division sets out next steps for media access, including to court documents.
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Expert witness standards to cut delays
The Ministry of Justice has announced standards to raise the quality of expert witnesses in family court cases. The ministry said that measures are designed to tackle the ‘costly and unnecessary’ commissioning of additional written statements, clarifications and court appearances by experts, which it said is one of the biggest ...
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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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NewsKill off outdated family law, says retiring Coleridge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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NewsCountry gents set up first membership ABS
Landowners’ group likely to be first of several members’ organisations to offer legal services.
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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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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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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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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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How to spot solicitors’ involvement in ‘financial abuse’
Concern that a growing number of solicitors are unintentionally involved in the ‘financial abuse’ of their clients has prompted the Law Society to issue new guidelines. As a result of economic recession, social change and advances in technology the risk of financial abuse is increasing, Chancery Lane said. A practice ...
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Chancery Lane announces wills accreditation scheme
The Law Society has confirmed it will introduce a new accreditation scheme - the Wills and Inheritance Scheme - in the autumn.
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‘Don’t ditch quality,’ says Desmond Hudson
Law Society chief executive Desmond Hudson has warned firms to avoid a ‘race to the bottom’ as they seek to survive and prosper in a tough market.
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Legal education move by embattled Co-op
The Co-operative Group’s legal services arm is to set up a ‘learning academy’ later this year to give legal training to aspiring lawyers who cannot afford university.
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Solicitors lose probate market share
The profession’s share of the probate market has dipped sharply, with solicitors and companies providing probate services last year receiving just 44% of all probate grants issued, according to figures published today. The 2011 data from the Probate Service, a division of HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS), reveals that ...
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Riverview barristers offer fixed-price divorces to wealthy
An innovative legal practice today launched a barrister-led fixed-price divorce service to cut costs for wealthy couples.