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The Family Justice Council has published a damning response to the Ministry of Justice consultation paper Transforming Legal Aid.
The Council criticises the consultation for not having a robust...
The British public believe that the government should set higher child maintenance payments, which should also be set and enforced, according to the British Social Attitudes Survey conducted by NatCen...
New practical guidance has been published to help local authorities implement ‘Fostering for Adoption' with the aim of ensuring more children can live with their potential permanent carers at the...
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of the parents of a child subject to a care order in the case of B (a child) [2013] UKSC 33. Last year the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the...
His Honour Judge Stephen Wildblood QC will be giving a lecture on 24th June at the Civil Justice centre in Bristol at 4.30pm. It will deal with the new Public Law Outline and the structure of the...
The Supreme Court has unanimously allowed the appeal by Yasmin Prest and declared that property owned by the husband's companies are held on a resulting trust. The husband, Michael Prest, must...
Children and vulnerable victims, who have survived the most horrific crimes, will be offered the chance to avoid what is often a distressing and intimidating court experience by pre-recording both...
Peers voted overwhelmingly yesterday in favour of equal marriage, following an attempt by Lord Dear to have the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill thrown out. Lord Dear's motion was rejected by a...
The European Parliament has voted with an overwhelming majority (602 votes in favour, 23 against, 63 abstentions) to endorse the European Commission's proposal for an EU-wide violence protection...
The Upper House of the Japanese Parliament passed a bill on Wednesday to ratify the Hague Convention on Child Abduction by March 2014, according to the Japan Times.
The Convention seeks to...