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30 July 2007

Forced Marriage Act
The Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act received Royal Assent on 26 July 2007. Where a forced marriage has or is about to take place, courts will be able to make orders to protect the victim or the...
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Dennis North, 70, appealed against a district judge's decision in 2006 to award a lump sum of £202,000 from his retirement fund to his ex-wife, Jean North, whom he divorced in 1978. Mrs North, 64, had...
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A recent review of children's damages awards held in court and administered by the Court Funds Office (CFO) identified approximately 4000 children's accounts where the award had not been placed in an...
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The Department for Schools, Children and Families is conducting a consultation jointly with the Home Office on Safeguarding Children who may have been Trafficked. The draft practice guidance aims to...
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16 July 2007

Hershman/Levy Award
At the Hershman Levy Lecture in June 2007, solicitor Sophia Khan, from the National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS), won the award for outstanding newcomer in the field of child law. She was also...
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16 July 2007

Legislation to Come
The Government draft legislative programme launched in July 2007 includes a Children in Care Bill, the purpose of which is to reform the statutory framework around the care system. A White Paper Care...
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A three month consultation on the revised guidance for local authorities in England was launched by the DfES (now the Department for Schools, Children and Families) on 21 June 2007. The closing date...
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6 July 2007

Public Law Outline
The care proceedings reviews recommendations are being implemented through two key strands of work. Firstly, revised statutory guidance to local authorities (Volume 1 'Court Orders' of the Children...
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Two Resolution and Family Mediators Association members topped the bill in the family category of this year's Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards. Stafford lawyer and mediator Neil Robinson, director...
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On July 1, our domestic violence laws underwent their most significant change since the Family Law Act 1996. One of most important of the changes brought about by the Domestic Violence, Crime and...
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