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The consultation period for the Chief Medical Officer's report Bearing Good Witness, Proposals for reforming the delivery of medical expert evidence in family law cases closed on 28 February 2007. An...
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16 April 2007

Division of Assets
The Times splashed the headline 'Women to receive less in divorce settlements' across its front page of Saturday 14 April 2007. It refers to H v H [2007] EWHC 459 (Fam), a Family Division judgment of...
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11 April 2007

The Evans Case
The European Court of Human Rights on 10 April 2007 rejected Natallie Evans submission that her human rights were infringed by the UK ruling that her former fiance Howard Johnston was entitled to veto...
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On the eve of the transfer of the Office of the Children's Rights Director from the Commission for Social Care Inspection to Ofsted (as of 1 April 2007), the Children's Rights Director has published...
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The Family Procedure Rule Committee held an open meeting on 2 April 2007 to continue the construction of the Family Procedure Rules. The meeting worked through various sections of the draft...
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In an address to the Area Judicial Forum (AJF) conference on 23 March 2007 Sir Mark Potter, President of the Family Division, gave an outline of what is, and will be, happening to increase the work of...
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10 April 2007

Miscarriage of Justice
In Hammerton v Hammerton [2007] EWCA Civ 248 on 23 March 2007, the Court of Appeal stated that the appellant father had been wrongly imprisoned for contempt of court because of a 'sorry story of...
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Article 4 of the Childcare Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 (SI 2007/1019) brings into force the provisions in Part 3 (regulation of provision of...
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Carers who ill-treat or wilfully neglect a person lacking mental capacity are, from 1 April 2007, committing a crime under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. The new offence will apply to anyone caring for...
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A celebration of the life of Dame Joyanne Bracewell was held on 19 March 2007 at Grays Inn Hall, London in the presence of her family and a wide circle of friends. The event was attended by the Lord...
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