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The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced a new pilot scheme for practising legal professionals which will allow for them to get direct entrance to courts without the need to be searched. The scheme...
The Family Justice Council and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health have produced guidance in relation to paediatricians being instructed as expert witnesses in proceedings in the family...
The Work and Pensions Committee has warned that single household payments of Universal Credit could put claimants living with domestic abuse at risk of harm as they enable perpetrators to take charge...
The solicitors' application of the online divorce pilot has been approved to go live.Berkshire-based niche divorce & family law firm, Tony Roe Solicitors, will be in the first cohort of four...
Sir Andrew McFarlane has been appointed President of the Family Division, following the retirement of Sir James Munby.Sir Andrew was appointed a recorder in 1995, a deputy High Court judge in 2000 and...
The August issue of Family Law is published. Articles include:A tribute to Sir James Munby – the people’s president Christina BlacklawsCivil partnerships in an era of human rights...
The Supreme Court has ‘with reluctance’ dismissed the appeal of a wife who wishes to divorce her husband, on the basis that she has failed to prove that the marriage had broken down irretrievably. The...
Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, gave a speech at the 6th annual ‘Voice of the child’ conference on 24 July 2018, where he urged the Family Justice Young People’s Board (FJYPB) to...
Brexit threatens the equality and human rights protections women rely on under the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010), according to a review into the state of women’s rights in the UK conducted by the...
The UK’s housing and benefit system ‘does not adequately support all hard-working families’ Shelter has concluded in a report on families and homelessness. The charity analysed Government data and...