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A 26-year-old man and 24-year-old woman, who cannot be identified, have been sentenced to three years' imprisonment at York Crown Court.They had both pleaded guilty to three charges of wilfully...
The Court of Appeal has ruled a West Yorkshire woman cannot claim more after her ex-husband's shares quadrupled in value.Kim Walkden, 47, originally received a cash settlement totalling £482,000 in...
High street law firms need to take urgent action to safeguard their survival as the so called 'big bang' in legal services provision begins to loom.That is the warning from law firm Mace & Jones....
Julia McFarlane, the wife involved in a ground-breaking divorce case in the House of Lords in 2006, when she was awarded £250,000 annual maintenance, has won a 40% increase in her maintenance...
Mr Justice Coleridge has become the patron of the Family Holiday Association - his first engagement with the charity was to speak at a Parliamentary dinner held Tuesday, 16 June.In another challenging...
Research released today by child welfare charity Families Need Fathers shows that parents feel the family courts are not doing enough to help them play an active role in their child's lives after...
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is inviting views from key stakeholders on how it should regulate in the future to ensure clients obtain good quality legal services from solicitors and the...
As part of their Legal Aid at 60 campaign, the Legal Services Commission (LSC) is calling for practitioners to submit any interesting stories about people being helped by the legal aid system.The...
A woman has been awarded £220,000 in a ground-breaking divorce settlement after having been separated from her husband for 22 years. The couple had been married for 4 years but never sought a formal...
Families Need Fathers has announced the launch of Separated Families Matter, an online resource supported by The Parenting Fund, designed to help social care professionals working with children and...