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From 1 June 2007 persons at risk from stalking or domestic violence can apply to their local authority in England and Wales to be registered anonymously while still being able to vote. The new...
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5 June 2007

DCA Annual Report
The (then) Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) Departmental Report for 2006/07 (Cm 7097), published in May 2007, outlines its objectives, measures its performance against its public service...
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The President of the Family Division, the Rt. Hon Sir Mark Potter, hosted his annual conference on 21 and 22 May 2007. The dominant theme was the main changes being undertaken to underpin his...
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29 May 2007

Bankruptcy Case
There has for some time been a conflict between the courts exercising matrimonial and bankruptcy jurisdiction respectively, over the distribution of assets of the marriage when one spouse becomes...
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29 May 2007

Child Support
On 15 May the Department for Work and Pensions published its response to the child maintenance White Paper A new system of child maintenance which was published in December 2006 (see [2007] Fam Law...
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Alison Bull, Legal Director, Addleshaw Goddard LLP, Manchester, Leeds and London.The long awaited Court of Appeal judgment in this case was handed down this morning, 24 May 2007, following a three day...
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22 May 2007

Charman judgment
The judgment in Charman v Charman was handed down by the Court of Appeal on Thursday 24 May. The appeal, which was dismissed, was by John Charman against the award made by Mr Justice Coleridge to...
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The General Social Care Council (GSCC) is leading a consultation on Roles and tasks of social work in England. The project is being led by a team consisting of the GSCC, the Commission for Social Care...
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21 May 2007

Ministers of Justice
The increased workload following the creation of the Ministry of Justice on 9 May 2007 has been shared out as follows.Lord Falconer Overall strategy; resourcing of his departments; major...
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On 10 May amendments to the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill were debated in the House of Lords during the Committee stage of the Bill. The Government is now supporting Lord Lester's Bill and...
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