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News
17 May
2013

News

New proposals on minimum standards for expert witnesses

17 May 2013

The Ministry of Justice and the Family Justice Council have put forward new proposals for minimum standards for expert witnesses providing evidence...

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News
10 May
2013

News

Home Office Policy Concerning Children Unlawful

10 May 2013

The case SM and TM and JD and Others v SSHD [2013] EWCA 1144 (Admin) has found that the Home Office policy on discretionary leave to remain is unlawful...

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Opinion & Analysis

News
17 May
2013

Opinion & Analysis

Samantha Bangham’s Week in Cases 17 May 2013

17 May 2013

It’s been another low volume week of family law cases with just two judgments to offer our readers, although the remarkable facts of Re D will...

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News
14 May
2013

Opinion & Analysis

Amy Sanders: Summary of the latest ‘View From The President’s Chambers’

14 May 2013

The previous View from the President's Chambers entitled The process of reform, published in the May issue of Family Law referred to work underway on...

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Cases

News
14 May
2013

Cases

PROPERTY: Slutsker v Haron Investments Ltd and Others [2013] EWCA Civ 430

14 May 2013

(Court of Appeal, Lloyd, Patten, Black LJJ, 1 May 2013) The Russian husband and wife were married for 19 years during which time they purchased a property...

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News
13 May
2013

Cases

CARE PROCEEDINGS: Re D [2012] EWHC 4231 (Fam)

13 May 2013

(Family Division, Coleridge J, 14 December 2012) The mother and father had tried for 8 years to conceive a child when they were referred by a friend...

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Journal Articles

News
17 May
2013

Journal Articles

Reducing the Impact of Early Abuse and Neglect: Epigenetics

17 May 2013

Professor Maurice Place Child and Family Psychiatrist, School of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University: Concern about child abuse and neglect...

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News
17 May
2013

Journal Articles

View from the President’s Chambers: the process of reform: the revised PLO and the local authority

17 May 2013

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Practice Guidance & Directions

News
3 May
2013

Practice Guidance & Directions

The Law Society Guidance of 1 May 2013: Unbundling family legal services

03 May 2013

Since 1 April 2013, legal aid is no longer available for most private family law matters where there is no history of domestic violence and abuse. Clients...

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News
3 May
2013

Practice Guidance & Directions

Practice Guidance of 3 May 2013: Committal for Contempt of Court

03 May 2013

It is a fundamental principle of the administration of justice in England and Wales that applications for committal for contempt should be heard and...

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Announcements

News
10 May
2013

Announcements

Taylor&Emmet Solicitor Becomes Resolution Specialist

10 May 2013

Family law solicitor Elizabeth Cassidy has become a Resolution Specialist, receiving national recognition for her skills and commitment to resolving...

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News
9 May
2013

Announcements

Kingsley Napley LLP Appoints New Senior Partner

09 May 2013

Kingsley Napley LLP has appointed Jane Keir as Senior Partner, making the firm the only top 100 UK law firm to have both a female Senior and Managing...

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Legislation

News
10 May
2013

Legislation

The Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013

10 May 2013

These Regulations may be cited as the Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013 and come into force on 1st July 2013. These Regulations...

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News
9 May
2013

Legislation

The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review and Fostering Services (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013

09 May 2013

These Regulations may be cited as the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review and Fostering Services (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013 and...

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Court of Protection Cases

News
13 May
2013

Court of Protection Cases

COMPULSORY DETENTION: TW v London Borough of Enfield and Secretary of State for Health [2013] EWHC 1180 (QB)

13 May 2013

(Queen's Bench Division, Bean J, 8 May 2013) The 44-year-old woman suffered from obsessive compulsive disorder and was detained in a specialist hospital...

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News
8 May
2013

Court of Protection Cases

DETENTION: Coombs v Dorset NHS Primary Care Trust and Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust [2012] EWHC 521 (QB)

08 May 2013

(Queen's Bench Division, His Honour Judge Platts, sitting as a High Court judge, 17 February 2012) The 55-year-old man had a long history of mental...

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