“An alliance of groups opposed to the government’s family legal aid cuts has published a Manifesto for Family Justice, urging MPs to reconsider the proposals.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th October 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The dire state of the economy has already led to a dramatic increase in the number of litigants in person, new figures from a voluntary organisation suggest. This is before government cuts to civil legal aid come into effect, which many solicitors predict will trigger another huge rise.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 13th October 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“As the countdown to 3rd October continues, concern is growing among practitioners not only about their own fees but about the position regarding experts. There are very real worries that experts will simply be unwilling to work for the new prescribed rates.”
Legal Aid Handbook Blog, 16th September 2011
Source: www: http://legalaidhandbook.com
“A joint publication of The President of the Family Division, the Judicial College and the Society of Editors.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 29th July 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The Legal Services Commission has published a plan for the tender process for new interim family contracts to start in February 2012.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Law Society has backed the Family Justice Review’s ‘far-reaching’ proposals for reform, but urged the government not to proceed with the changes unless it can provide the money to implement them properly.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Children are the most important people in the family justice system and their voice needs to be heard in proposed reforms, a panel set up to review the system said.”
Ministry of Justice, 3rd June 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A high court judge has criticised a senior Sunday Telegraph journalist over his reporting of a case heard in the family courts last year.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The family justice system needs significant reform to tackle delays and ensure that children and families get the service they deserve, says an independent panel set up to review how the system works.”
Ministry of Justice, 31st March 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A major shake-up of the family court procedures in England and Wales comes into effect on 6 April 2011.”
BBC News, 2nd March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Courts could grind to a standstill as hundreds of thousands of people represent themselves in legal cases, senior judges have warned.”
The Guardian, 24th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A couple have been reunited with their children after a family court’s decision to separate them was overturned by a judge who criticised the ‘brisk’ nature of the original hearing.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Family lawyers have welcomed last week’s publication of the long-awaited Family Procedure Rules 2010, which will come into force on 6 April.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 13th January 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A High Court judge has warned that the family court needs to reassert its authority to tackle the ‘lack of respect’ shown for its orders.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 29th November 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Lets hear it for the child; Restoring the Authority of the Family Court, Blue skies and Sacred cows (PDF)
Speech by Mr Justice Coleridge
Association of Lawyers for Children: 21st Annual Conference, 26th November 2010
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Hundreds of thousands of people with family and housing law problems will no longer have access to free legal advice under government proposals announced today (15 November).”
The Guardian, 15th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The organisation which provides legal help for children in care cases is ‘not fit for purpose’, a group of MPs says.”
BBC News, 11th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The adversarial court system is not appropriate for settling parental disputes over the custody of children, the lord chief justice said today.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 26th October 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The family justice system has been criticised from all angles. It’s been described as a slow, bureaucratic system that is bursting at the seams leaving families torn apart by its unfriendly and adversarial nature. In the first of a new series of Law In Action Joshua Rozenberg speaks to the Head of the Family Court Division Sir Nicholas Wall about what the future holds and how the sytem can be changed to help those caught up in it.”
BBC Law in Action, 19th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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