‘Covert recordings are any recording made without the express knowledge and permission of the person recorded, whether by audio or video: Family Justice Council.’
Becket Chambers, 31st October 2024
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
‘Where a party to financial remedy proceedings fails to comply with a final order, there are numerous ways in which the order can be enforced. The rules relating to the enforcement of orders in family proceedings are found in Part 33 of the Family Procedure Rules 2010.’
Becket Chambers, 7th October 2024
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
‘It can often be a difficult and sensitive topic in financial remedy proceedings: what relevance is domestic abuse when considering a fair distribution of assets after separation?’
Becket Chambers, 1st October 2024
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
‘The High Court has discharged a Prohibited Steps Order (PSO) made to protect a now teenage girl against the risks of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), after finding “no evidence” of an ongoing risk of FGM to the girl, and finding that the order continued to have a “profound impact on her competing rights and freedoms”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th November 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A law firm was not negligent in advice to settle £2m of claims brought by a businessman’s trustee in bankruptcy against his wife and daughter, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 11th November 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Speech by the PFD: Suspected Physical Abuse of Children – Experts in the Family Court.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 7th November 2024
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘The importance of the ‘clean break’ has been reemphasised in recent years with greater emphasis being placed on MCA 1973 s 25A (and s 28(1A)), particularly in the judgments of Mostyn J.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 8th November 2024
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘Children are at risk of being wrongly removed from their parents’ care by the family courts because drug tests are being misinterpreted, experts have warned.’
The Guardian, 9th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A lorry driver and ex-DJ who stabbed his partner’s mother to death in a drunken attack after she tried to help her daughter has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 20 years.’
The Guardian, 7th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Wholesale reform is needed, the adoption sub-group of the Public Law Working Group has said in its report ‘Recommendations for best practice in respect of adoption’, which is published today (Thursday, 7 November).’
Courts & Tribunal Judiciary, 7th November 224
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘Adopted children are likely to be allowed much closer contact with their birth families in the future as part of “seismic” changes recommended in a report published today. Some families say the changes are long overdue – but others worry they may deter people from adopting.’
BBC News, 7th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Autumn Budget 2024 (“the Budget”) saw history being made as Rachel Reeves, who became our first female Chancellor of the Exchequer, set out arguably the biggest tax changes for a generation, set to raise taxes by £41bn by 2029/30 and said to be part of the Government’s plan to revitalise Britain. In this article, we will summarise the key reforms of the Budget, highlighting those which may be of particular relevance to financial remedy practitioners and their clients.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 1st November 2024
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘Two mothers who had children as a result of rape or coercion by former partners have been given permission to take the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to court for being denied exception to the two-child limit on universal credit.’
The Guardian, 4th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A prisoner who set himself alight in his cell after serving 12 years for stealing a mobile phone under an indefinite jail term is still fighting to be moved to a hospital.’
The Independent, 1st November 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A mother whose nine-year-old daughter became the first person in the UK to have air pollution recognised as a factor in her death said she was “never going to win” despite settling legal action with the government.’
BBC News, 31st October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed a local authority’s appeal against a judge’s refusal to make placement orders in respect of two young children.’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st October 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill had its first, purely formal, reading in the House of Commons on 16 October 2024, when it was presented by Kim Leadbeater MP. The important second reading is fixed for 29 November 2024.’
Transparency Project, 30th October 2024
Source: transparencyproject.org.uk
‘Dozens of divorce applications were wrongly approved due to a computer error, the high court has heard.’
The Guardian, 31st October 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘If ever there were any doubts as to the importance of the FDR appointment and the parties’ attendance at one, then Mr Justice Peel has unequivocally put those doubts to rest in his judgment in GH v GH [2024] EWFC 272, published on 3 October 2024. The court’s ongoing focus on assisting parties to resolve financial remedy proceedings in a timely and proportionate manner means that FDRs (including private FDRs) are, perhaps unsurprisingly, still receiving significant praise and judicial support.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 21st October 2024
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘No Special Favours: Litigants in Person and the Financial Remedies Court’
Financial Remedies Journal, 23rd October 2024
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
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