All Family and children articles – Page 46
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Opinion
Abandoned spouses
Under the legal aid cuts regime, financial (ancillary) relief is dead, except for the wealthy.
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NewsHughes pledges £1.4m a year to help LIPs
Support network for litigants in person will be spread across England and Wales.
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NewsLegal challenge to Woolf chairing abuse inquiry
Lord Mayor of London has come under renewed pressure over her links to Leon Brittan and alleged lack of relevant expertise.
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FeatureRegulation of surrogacy
Recent cases prove that universal laws are needed to provide clarity and help secure the welfare of surrogate babies.
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NewsMunby urges radical reform of family courts
The president of the Family Division says the child arrangement programme, which came into effect in April, requires a new approach to private law cases.
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Law ReportParental order
The Family Division held that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 did not have the effect of preventing the court from making a parental order.
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NewsFirms face new hurdle for credit work
SRA proposes firms carrying out consumer credit activities apply to the FCA for authorisation.
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FeatureAdoption and access to family history
The law around adoptees’ attempts to find out about their real parents.
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NewsLaw Society excellence winners announced
Winners of the Law Society Excellence Awards revealed at London ceremony.
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Opinion
Protecting children’s rights
Legal aid changes will limit access to civil justice for vulnerable people.
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NewsJudge dismisses 180 divorces over ‘industrial-scale fraud’
Sir James Munby says rules on divorce declarations have to be tighter.
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FeatureFinancial remedy applications
A summary of the significant procedural developments affecting applications in the family court.
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NewsFamily justice minister calls for legal aid review
Lib Dem Simon Hughes has asked the MoJ to probe the impact of cuts on children’s rights.
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News70% of children cases lack representation
First examination of impact of legal aid changes shows savings are shifting costs to another part of the system.
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NewsBid to save legal aid for domestic violence victims
The High Court hears an application for permission for judicial review brought by Rights of Women today.
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OpinionBad parents in authority
Councils are flouting the law by failing looked-after children and young people in care.
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NewsResidence test not unlawful, government insists
Lord chancellor rejects findings of a parliamentary committee that the legal aid residence test for children would lead to breaches of international law.
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NewsMunby allows woman to see 1930 adoption papers
The woman, known as Y, wanted to find out the identity of her paternal grandmother.
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News
Family ‘injustice’
Injustice caused by the government’s civil legal aid cuts was brought home to MPs last week as lawyers called for an advice strategy and more funding. Family lawyers’ groups told the House of Commons justice committee that increasing numbers of litigants in person are not getting a fair hearing in ...