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18 June 2007

Smacking Consultation
The Government has announced a review of the law on the physical chastisement of children by parents. The proposals are supported by Al Aynsley Green, the Children's Commissioner for England and...
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The European Regional Conference of the International Society of Family Law (ISFL) will take place at the University of Chester from 17 to 21 July 2007 on the theme 'Family Justice: for Whom and How?'...
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14 June 2007

Children Lobby
A leading group of experts on child welfare have called in a letter to The Times of 12 June 2007 for the establishment of an interministerial group to spearhead a new cross-departmental approach for...
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This year's lecture is being given by Lord Justice Wilson on 'The Voice of the Child in Court' at the Keyworth Centre, Keyworth Street, South Bank University, Southwark, London on Thursday 28 June...
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Further provisions of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 are due to come into force on 1 July 2007. A breach of a non-molestation order 'without reasonable excuse' will be a criminal...
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11 June 2007

Child Maintenance Bill
The Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill has now been published (see PDF below). The intention is to replace the Child Support Agency with the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission...
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According to The Daily Telegraph of 3 June 2007, Mr Miller (Miller v Miller; McFarlane v McFarlane [2006] 1 FLR 1186, HL) has lodged an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights. He is apparently...
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11 June 2007

Cohabitation Prequel
According to The Times of 11 June 2007 the Law Commission is planning that cohabiting partners who separate are to get similar rights to divorcing couples: 'Unmarried women and men will be able to...
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As the Family Proceedings Rules Committee (FPRC) considers the impending new draft rules, the Resolution Procedure Committee, chaired by David Burrows, has been reformed and seeks new members who are...
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Since April 2004 there has been a significant increase in the number of requests for foreign language interpreters in civil and family proceedings within the county courts and the High Court (from 20...
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