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Having had its first reading on 9 June 2014 the Divorce (Financial Provision) Bill is due back in the House of Lords today, Friday 27 June 2014 for its second reading and general debate. The private...

RACHEL COX, South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS FT ROGER EVANS, Liverpool John Moores University and South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS FT BIZA...

SARAH ROTHERA, Case Manager, Bi-Borough Care Proceedings Project MARY RYAN, Independent consultant, Ryan Tunnard Brown Enabling children to be brought up within their families,...

LUCY REED, Barrister and Mediator, St John’s Chambers, Bristol This article considers the scope and application of s 98 Children Act in public and private children proceedings, in the...

There are two legal authorities from America that most people have heard of – Roe v Wade which legalised abortion and Miranda-Escobedo which set out that you have to read a suspect their rights. ...

ANNABEL CHRISTIE, Senior Partner at AH Christie Legal LLP There was a time when lawyers could have been expected to work their entire lives in the same law firm. In a world...

The decision of the Court of Appeal in Re B-S (Adoption: Application of s47(5)) [2013] EWCA Civ 1146, [2014] 1 FLR 1035 in September 2013 has had major implications for parents, local...

DAVID CHIDGEY, Barrister, Albion Chambers, Bristol For some years the matrimonial courts have had to grapple with how to deal with a financial application where it is alleged that...

For family law services, it’s a mixture of bad news with some obvious pointers for putting things right. First, the bad news: In 2013/14, the number of mediation starts plummeted by 38% following...

Over 10,000 more mothers went to court without a lawyer to fight child contact and custody battles in the nine months following cuts to legal aid, new government figures reveal. Court user...

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