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MON 07/09/2009 - Children's charity Barnardo's has called for more at-risk children to be taken into care soon after birth to reduce the number of cases of older children with complex behavioural...
Parliamentarians, family barristers and children's charities will today continue their discussions on vulnerable children and the law. At a meeting in Parliament, chaired by Lord Thomas of Gresford...
Sir Mark Potter, President of the Family Division gave a powerful speech on the problem of resources and its effects upon the Family Justice System at the annual Association of Lawyers for Children's...
Katrin Radmacher has won a landmark Court of Appeal case to enforce a pre-nuptial deal that protects her personal wealth from legal claims by her former investment banker husband.The German heiress...
A high-profile man and his former partner involved in legal proceedings concerning their children has asked the High Court to exempt celebrities from new rules opening the family courts to the...
An East Sussex vicar has been arrested on suspicion of organising 180 'sham weddings' for illegal immigrants.The Reverend Alex Brown, 61, of St Peter and St Paul Church, St Leonards, was arrested...
The Legal Services Commission has published its response to the consultation on Civil Bid Rounds for the 2010 contracts.In setting out how the LSC intends to commission face-to-face civil legal aid...
There are more than 85 unofficial Sharia courts operating in the UK, a new report by the rightwing think tank Civitas has revealed.The courts, which usually apply Sharia law in family or financial...
The Legal Services Commission spent £124 million was spent last year on publicly-funded contact, residence and related cases, according to a Parliamentary written answer from Bridget Prentice, the...
Earl Spencer and his estranged wife Caroline agreed to settle their divorce out of court to avoid publicity.The Earl, 45 - brother of Princess Diana - and the 41 year-old Countess started the...