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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...
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...