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The President of the Family Division, Sir James Munby, has announced that private law orders are to be updated. The prescribed orders that were produced in conjunction with the Child Arrangements...

Specialist family lawyers say Government plans to introduce ‘no fault divorces’ and modernise family law are 'long overdue'The House of Commons is due to debate Conservative MP Richard Bacon’s private...

The recent drive to ensure court documents are kept concise is continuing, with Mostyn J revising his guidance on the efficient conduct of financial remedy hearings allocated to a High Court Judge....

The President of the Family Division, Sir James Munby, has today sent around for consultation a draft proposal for guidance to replace the President’s Guidance: Listing Final Hearings in Adoption...

The President of the Family Division, Sir James Munby, has today (19 January 2016) published a Memorandum proposing amendments to the Bundles PD - PD27A.The proposed amendments are twofold.1. The...

An Oxford University study, published in the January issue of Family Law, estimates that of all same-sex couples who had formed a civil partnership in England and Wales by mid-2015, one in eight...

In a bid to increase adoption numbers across England, the government announced today (14 January 2016) that it will be fundamentally and rapidly amending the law to ensure courts and local authorities...

Figures released by Cafcass show that, in December 2015, the number of private law cases received increased by 12% from December 2014 levels. A total of 2,991 new cases were received.Between April...

Figures released by Cafcass show that the number of care applications received in December 2015 increased by 17% from those received in December 2014. A total of 1,092 care applications were...

Lord Justice Briggs yesterday (12 January 2016) published an interim report concerning civil court structures and judicial processes as a whole.Commissioned by the Lord Chief Justice and the Master of...

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