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The Step Up Migrant Women coalition welcome the Bill but warn it risks leaving behind migrant and BME women who have experienced abuse.Campaigners have welcomed the government’s reintroduction of the...
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Unprecedented demand and funding shortages have combined to put council children’s social care budgets under increasing pressure, the Local Government Association has revealed.New analysis by the LGA...
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The public overwhelmingly supports legal aid, as shown by a recent survey by the Law Society of England and Wales, as it marked the anniversary of the government’s review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing...
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Traditional marriage etiquette recommends sending out wedding invitations 6-8 weeks before the big day.  Under the proposed new divorce reform, a spouse might have the same amount of notice of...
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Nowadays, with advances in technology, many things have been digitised, resulting in much less important paperwork. This is not however the case for wills which are still physical documents. It is...
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As of 31st December 2019, it is now possible for both same-sex and heterosexual couples to enter into a civil partnership. The institution was initially devised solely for same-sex couples through the...
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Family analysis: Siddique Patel, solicitor at Shoosmiths, discusses the decision of the Court of Appeal overturning that of Williams J when he ruled that an Islamic Nikah ceremony could be classed as...
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27 February 2020

Killing in the family
Barry McAlinden, Field Court ChambersCases involving the killing of one parent at the hands of another (uroxide) are unsurprisingly fraught. Surprisingly they are also more common than you might...
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Clare Williams and Laurie Kershaw, JMW SolicitorsEasy access to DNA testing means that there are few practical barriers to ascertaining a child’s genetic parentage. The incidence of paternity...
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Baljinder Bath, BarristerSarah Palmer, SolicitorOver the last decade, we as a society have developed a much greater understanding of special educational needs, learning disabilities and social and...
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