Law Society wins family tender challenge – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Law Society has won its High Court challenge to the Legal Services Commission’s family tender process.”
Law Society’s Gazette. 30th September 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Category: family courts
Girl persuades judge not to send her back to Canada as Middlesbrough is ‘more exciting’ – Daily Telegraph
“The schoolgirl who was ‘abducted’ from her father’s home in Canada by her English mother won the right not to return after telling judges: “I never, never in my whole life want to go back there. The 13-year-old made clear her determination to stay in the Teesside town when Lord Justice Thorpe and Lady Justice Smith took the unique step of holding a private interview with her halfway through a hearing at London’s Civil Appeal Court.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Is the family justice system in need of review? – Speech by Lord Justice Wall, President of the Family Division
“Is the family justice system in need of review? – Speech by Lord Justice Wall, President of the Family Division, 19th September 2010.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 19th September 2010
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Call for Evidence – Family Justice Review – Ministry of Justice
“The Call for Evidence for the Family Justice Review closes on 30 September – so just a few days left for people to provide feedback about the way the system can be improved.”
Ministry of Justice, 22nd September 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Publishers protest at reporting restrictions in family court cases – The Guardian
“The Newspaper Society has complained that the Children, Schools and Families Act has made legal cases covered by the Act less transparent because they are virtually unreportable.”
The Guardian, 16th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
MoJ to review media reporting in family courts – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Ministry of Justice has told the Gazette that it will not commence legislation that would extend the media’s right to report family cases without ‘looking closely’ at the changes, amid pressure from family lawyers.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th September 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Family judges alarmed over legal aid tender – Law Society’s Gazette
“The head of the family courts has warned the Legal Services Commission that he has been ‘inundated’ by family judges expressing serious concerns over the outcome of the family legal aid tender, in a letter seen by the Gazette.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 9th August 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Children left in danger by court delays – The Guardian
“Children are being damaged by unprecedented delays in the family courts in England and Wales, where judges can now take up to 65 weeks to decide whether it is safe for them to remain with their parents, Britain’s largest children’s charity says today.”
The Guardian, 9th August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Call for ‘urgent action’ on children’s services – Law Society’s Gazette
“A group of 18 legal, medical and child care organisations has called for urgent action to reform the delivery of court services to children in family proceedings.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 5th August 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Family court service criticised over increased demand – BBC News
“The agency which looks after children’s interests in court has not dealt efficiently with an increase in cases since the death of Baby Peter in 2007, an audit finds.”
BBC News, 28th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lord chief justice calls for shorter cases – Law Society’s Gazette
“The lord chief justice has called for family and criminal cases to be shortened.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd July 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Practice guidance – Mckenzie Friends: Civil and Family Courts – Judiciary of England and Wales
“This Guidance applies to civil and family proceedings in the Court of Appeal (Civil Division), the High Court of Justice, the County Courts and the Family Proceedings Court in the Magistrates’ Courts.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 12th July 2010
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Munby calls for more openness in family courts – Law Society’s Gazette
“Legislation intended to open up the family courts is a ‘lost opportunity’ that will fail to bring about the openness needed to improve confidence in family proceedings, a leading judge has said.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th July 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Cuts on the agenda of family justice review – Ministry of Justice
“The Ministry of Justice has launched a ‘comprehensive review’ of the family justice system, appointing a panel of experts to hear evidence on how the system can improve. However, the panel chair has admitted a principal catalyst for the review is the government’s desire to make spending cuts.”
Ministry of Justice, 1st July 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Family justice – your views on its future – Ministry of Justice
“Views on how the family justice system can do its best to protect children and help families to work through their disagreements are being sought by a panel of experts.”
Ministry of Justice, 30th June 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Family court body review ‘needed’ – BBC News
“The body that looks after the interests of children involved in family court proceedings in England is lurching from ‘crisis to crisis’, a union says.”
BBC News, 28th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sir Mark Potter: children in danger due to court service crisis – The Guardian
“Children are being put in danger because the family court service is facing an ‘acute situation of crisis’, according to Sir Mark Potter, the former president of the family division and head of family justice for England and Wales.”
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The Guardian, 6th June 2010
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Legal first as girl, 5, consulted in ‘tug-of-love’ court case – Daily Telegraph
“A five-year-old girl involved in a ‘tug-of-love’ case has made legal history after being consulted by a court about which parent she wants to live with.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th April 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Media reporting bill ‘threat’ to vulnerable children – Law Society’s Gazette
“Measures rushed through parliament at the ‘eleventh hour’ to allow greater media reporting of the family courts will put vulnerable children at risk, lawyers have warned.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th April 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
