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The Republic of Ireland has made history by becoming the first country in the world to introduce same-sex marriage by popular vote. The question was a simple one voters were were asked whether they...
Queen’s Speech to outline new adoption measures encouraging agencies to work together for best outcomes for children.Children awaiting adoption could soon benefit from being placed with a family far...
Alistair MacDonald QC has been appointed as a High Court Judge, assigned to the Family Division, with effect from 2 June 2015.Alistair MacDonald specialises in the law relating to children,...
Judgment in the appeal case of Re K-H (Children) [2015] EWCA Civ 543 has been handed down by the
Court of Appeal. The appeal was brought by the Lord Chancellor against the decision of His Honour...
The Legal Aid Agency has created a single email address to use for casework enquiries to the high-cost civil team.Providers now have a single email address to use when making both urgent and...
House of Commons Library researchers have prepared a briefing on legal aid for Members of the new Parliament in 2015, stating that pressure for government action to improve access to justice...
The Legal Aid Agency's Client and Cost Management System (CCMS) masterclasses will now be supported by Q&A sessions for advocates.The new Q&A sessions will be made available for advocates by...
On
19 May 2015, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) announced that the
Consumer Price Index (CPI) turned negative (to -0.1%) for the first time since
1960.
Whilst the
Bank of England and...
The Department for Education has released an updated version of its tool for comparing data about children and young people across all local authorities in England.The tool presents information...
The
deadline for nominations for the Family
Law Awards 2015 has been extended to Monday, 18 May. Nominate someone now at
familylawawards.com.
The awards were set up
in 2011 by Jordan...