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Miss Judith Mary Frances Parker, QC, has been appointed a Justice of the High Court. The Lord Chief Justice will assign Miss Parker to the Family Division.Since 2001 Chambers and Partners legal...
The Legal Services Complaints Commissioner, Zahida Manzoor, announced today that she would be imposing a penalty of £275,000 on the Law Society following her decision to declare its complaints...
Plans to change the law to require fathers as well as mothers to be named on the birth certificate were announced in a government White Paper published this afternoon. The change, which will be...
The Government today published its formal response to the recent consultation on the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) scheme for vetting and barring those who wish to work, either paid or...
The parents of children caught up in the China earthquake are desperately trying to search for their surviving children amid offers from around the world to adopt orphaned children.British child...
The mother of Victoria Climbié, who was tortured and murdered in 2000, has told BBC Radio 4's Today program that she has been "betrayed" by local government authorities who have failed to implement...
Most Crown and Combined courts across England and Wales now have wifi facilities in place, it was announced today.Wifi has now been installed in 67 courts over the past three months to allow court...
Edward Timpson, a family law barrister with Nicholas Street Chambers in Chester, has become the new MP for Crewe and Nantwich, after the Conservatives won Thursday's by-election.Mr Timpson was called...
The Legal Services Commission has angered barristers by announcing this week at a private media briefing that it intends to reduce funding for representation by barristers in family law cases by...
Westminster City Council has been awarded almost £800,000 to offer intensive support and help to disadvantaged families in the heart of the capital.Westminster is one of 15 areas across the country...