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Comments by the
UK’s most senior judge that mediation is particularly suitable for
'ordinary people' and 'average citizens'
in the current economic climate should
encourage more family court...
In April 2015, Cafcass received a total of 2,942 new private law cases. This is a 8% decrease on April 2014 levels. Between April 2014 and March 2015 Cafcass received a total of 34,278 new...
Statistics released today by Cafcass, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, show that in April 2015 Cafcass received a total of 946 care applications, representing a 18% increase...
The world
premiere production of The Invisible by Rebecca Lenkiewicz will
preview at the Bush Theatre, London, from 3 July (press night 8
July).
In a first for
both organisations, the...
The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales has published information how its work helps to prevent child sexual exploitation and harmful sexual behaviour.The document includes examples of the Youth...
Same-sex couples will now be able to marry at British Consulates in 24 countries.The ‘Consular Marriage and Marriages under Foreign Law Order 2014’ comes into force on 3 June and means that same-sex...
UK Supreme Court proceedings can now be viewed any time, any place, with the launch of an on-demand archive of past hearings unveiled today to complement the court's existing live streaming...
The British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) welcomes the £19.3m Adoption Support Fund (ASF), which goes live today in England, and announces a range of new services to help social...
A new report published today, which explores the challenges faced by children’s services, calls for the inspection process to be modernised and offers a vision for what a future sustainable model...
Researchers at the School of Law and Politics at Cardiff University have published a report which recommends an overhaul in the way that the Court of Protection currently works with the media in...