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THURS 17/07/2008 - The first nine members of the Legal Services Board were appointed by the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Jack Straw today.The board was set up by the Legal...
The current Vice Chairman of the Bar Council, Desmond Browne QC of 5 Raymond Buildings, has been elected Chairman for 2009. Mr Browne, who chaired the Bar's Working Group on the Clementi Report and...
Cafcass published its annual report for 2007-08 today. In 2007-08 Cafcass worked with a total of 77,134 children and young people. Additionally, Cafcass claims it supports many more children and...
Nicola Brewer, Chief Executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, argues that we need to explore legislative change to tackle the significant inequality between maternity and paternity...
Hillingdon Borough Council in London, Leeds City Council, Liverpool City Council and Norfolk County Council have jointly lodged judicial review proceedings against the Government over the increase in...
Further to the publication in the May edition of Family Law of the paper on Enhancing the Participation of Children and Young People in Family Proceedings, the Family Justice Council is going to...
The Legal Services Commission is inviting tenders tenders from organisations wishing to deliver publicly funded civil legal advice services in specific civil law categories and geographical...
According to a report in the Telegraph last week, a divorcee is suing the Reading-based solicitors, Thompson Leatherdale, and her former barrister, Nicholas Francis QC, for alleged professional...
A new Bill to give rights to couples who live together will be introduced this autumn by Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC, a veteran human rights lawyer who successfully introduced the Forced Marriages...
Children suffer if their parents split up just as much now as they did when it was less socially acceptable, a major study shows.Research conducted over several decades shows that children of divorced...