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9 March 2007

Niqab in High School
R (on the application of X) v Y High School [2007] EWHC 298 (Admin) was heard in the Administrative Court on 21 February 2007 by Mr Justice Silber. The issue was whether Y High School was entitled to...
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9 March 2007

Forced Marriage Bill
The Prime Minister Tony Blair stated in the House of Commons on 7 March 2007 that the Government fully supported the aims of the Private Member's Bill on forced marriage. 'We are looking to see how we...
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In an undefended forced marriage case in the Family Division towards the end of 2006, the court agreed that a practising Muslim applicant would remove her veil to give evidence but if a male were...
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Lawyers for Young People (LFYP), a specialist legal service based at Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP in Colchester, focuses on advising young people in care, leaving care and needing services. However,...
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7 March 2007

LSC Unified Contract
The Legal Services Commission (LSC) published the final version of its standard terms for the new unified legal aid contract on 26 February 2007. The unified contract will bring conditions for...
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5 March 2007

Adoption Dismissal
According to New Law Journal of 2 March 2007, an employment tribunal has recently ruled that a car hire firm had unfairly dismissed an employee on account of her intention to adopt a child and take...
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District judges and recorders authorised to hear contested care applications are to be given jurisdiction to hear related placement proceedings. This will be achieved by amendments to the Allocation...
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The National Audit Office (NAO) published its Value for Money report Legal Aid and Mediation for People involved in Family Breakdown on 2 March 2007. It states that too many family breakdown cases are...
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On 1 March the LSC published Making Legal Rights a Reality for Children and Families, its five-year strategy for family legal aid which sets out:- its priorities for funding family legal aid;- its...
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1 March 2007

Charman appeal
On 6 March 2007 the Court of Appeal is due to hear the husband's appeal in Charman v Charman [2006] EWHC 1879 (Fam), [2006] Fam Law 1019. Following a long marriage, in which both parties started with...
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