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Organisations representing independent social work expert witnesses have written to the Justice Minister, Kenneth Clarke, to condemn his department's "flawed and irrational" approach to hourly court...
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Family lawyers, especially legal aid practitioners, had tough year in 2010. The two most read issues on the Newswatch website in 2010 were the knock-on effects of the Ministry of Justice's budget cuts...
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15 December 2010

Court closures announced
By Hugh Logue, Newswatch Editor The Justice Minister Jonathan Djanogly has announced that 93 magistrates' courts and 49 county courts in England and Wales are to be closed. The closures...
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The former President of the Family Division, Baroness Butler-Sloss, has warned that cuts to legal aid could result in cases in the family courts taking longer because people will be forced to...
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Cafcass' services in North and South of Tyne have been rated 'good' by a new Ofsted inspection report, published today. In the latest report, Ofsted inspectors found that practitioners strongly...
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Ahead of Justice Secretary, Kenneth Clarke's appearance before the Justice Select Committee tomorrow, the Family Law Bar Association (FLBA) has warned of the potentially dangerous consequences of the...
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