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Ethnicity is highlighted in the 36th edition of Social Trends published in February 2006 by the Office for National Statistics. It reports on the ethnic and religious diversity of the UK population,...
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1 March 2006

Law Society Protocol
The second edition of the Law Society Family Law Protocol was published in February 2006. The motivation behind developing the first edition was to encourage all family practitioners to adopt a...
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By David Hodson On 3 April 2006, new rules will bring about probably the most dramatic change in costs in family law finance proceedings that many family lawyers have witnessed in a lifetime of...
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26 February 2006

Fees Changes
Amendments are proposed to the Legal Aid in Family Proceedings (Remuneration) Regulations 1991 (SI 1991/2038) as regards the harmonisation of remuneration for private law family work in county courts...
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24 February 2006

Immunity for Experts
In Meadow v General Medical Council (2006) The Times, 22 February, Collins J in the Queen's Bench Division said that expert evidence given honestly and in good faith in a court of law would not...
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24 February 2006

Children at Risk Report
The Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) is the single, independent inspectorate for social care in England. It incorporates the work formerly done by the Social Services Inspectorate, the...
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16 February 2006

Making contact safe
Comment by Judith Masson, Professor of Socio-legal Studies, University of Bristol. It is clearly not satisfactory for the courts to make decisions about contact in ignorance of police domestic...
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14 February 2006

Overhaul of the CSA
The underlying causes of the problems with the Child Support Agency's (CSA) current performance are deep rooted and complex. It was announced on 9 February 2006 that an operational improvement plan...
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14 February 2006

CAFCASS and NYAS Protocol
A protocol has been agreed between CAFCASS and the National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS) with respect to children made parties in private law proceedings under r 9.5 of the Family Proceedings Rules...
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14 February 2006

Harm Checks
The implementation of s 120 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (definition of harm) in January 2005 amended the definition of harm contained in the Children Act 1989. The revised definition applies...
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