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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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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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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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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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