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The Government has announced a wide ranging package of measures setting out how it will deliver the step-change in child protection called for by Lord Laming in his recent progress report.The action...
Doctors should detain a child if they suspect abuse and alert the relevant agencies, according to new guidance on child protection published today by the British Medical Association (BMA).The BMA's...
The Government has announced the appointment of six new members to the Cafcass Board. Following an open competition, Mark Eldridge, Mary MacLeod, Erica De'Ath, June Thoburn, Shireen Ritchie and Ian...
The Welsh Affairs Committee is outraged with the Legal Services Commission (LSC) over its failure to consult with the Wales Office or the Welsh Assembly Government about the LSC's decision to...
The Family Law team, led by the editor Liz Walsh, have reached the half way point of its charity fundraising target.Family Law is participating in The Legal Walk at 5.30pm on Monday 18 May organised...
Almost a month after the closing date of a major consultation, Family Legal Aid Funding from 2010, the Legal Service Commission (LSC) are conducting a survey to do research on the family advocacy...
The Legal Services Commission has issued guidance regarding funding issues related to media access to family court hearings which opened to accredited media yesterday.The LSC have stated that no...
Over 200,000 more family court hearings each year will be opened to the media from today, in a move the Government says is designed to strike a balance between the rights of those who need...
The new rules to open family courts to the media represent a missed opportunity to allow thorough and effective public scrutiny, family lawyer's group Resolution warned today, as it called for the...
The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has published a briefing drawn from a new league table of child well-being in European countries, in which the UK comes in 24th place out of 29 countries.Ahead of...