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THURS 25/03/2010 - The European Commission has proposed a new Regulation that will allow couples to choose which country's laws apply to their divorce.The proposed EU Regulation will help couples of...
THURS 25/03/2010 - The Ministry of Justice has taken the unusual step of producing a 26 page document setting out a list of promises that the Government, its agencies and local authorities will do...
WED 24/03/2010 - Thousands of lawyers will be walking the streets on the evening of 17 May to raise funds for free legal advice charities.In London, over a thousand walkers have already registered...
TUES 23/03/2010 - Almost a quarter of Social Workers are handling more than 30 cases at once and 47% have 20 or more cases at any one time according to a survey conducted by the British Association of...
TUES 23/03/2010 - Any organisation who wishes to deliver legal aid work in Mental Health and Family (including family mediation) and Social Welfare law from 14 October 2010 will need to apply for...
TUES 23/03/2010 - The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has today announced that Lord Justice Dyson will be appointed as the new 12th Justice of the UK's highest court.A High Court judge from 1993...
TUES 23/03/2010 - Following a review of the fees that local authorities pay when bringing child care proceedings in the courts, the Government has announced that it will scrap the fess from April...
THURS 18/03/2010 - Children and young people's concerns about the Government's proposal to allow the media to report more widely on family court proceedings are revealed in new research undertaken by...
TUES 16/03/2010 - Revisions to the Practice Direction Guide to Case Management in Public Law Proceedings, more commonly known as the Public Law Outline (PLO), are due to come into force on 6 April...
The Children, Schools and Families Bill has been caught up in the rush to push through legislation before Parliament is dissolved on Monday for the general election.Today will see the conclusion of...