“An expert panel will examine reform of the current family justice system in England and Wales so that it better supports children and parents under a wide-ranging review announced by the Ministry of Justice today.”
Ministry of Justice, 20th January 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The judiciary must ‘come off the bench’ and speak out about the ‘parlous state of family law in 2009’, lord justice Wall has said.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Family lawyers have attacked government plans to extend the media’s right to report family cases, warning that they will clog the courts with preliminary hearings and lead to miscarriages of justice.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The body protecting children in family courts is going through unprecedented strain, a union has warned.”
BBC News, 24th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Online publication of some judgments in family cases, like care proceedings and contact and residence cases, will be piloted for the first time at courts in Leeds and Cardiff.”
Ministry of Justice, 2nd November 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The Ministry of Justice and the Legal Services Commission have today published new fee structures for family legal aid.”
Ministry of Justice, 21st October 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Leading family lawyer Christina Blacklaws has hit out at the ‘dangerous’ workload of employed guardians at the Children and Family Court Advisory Service (Cafcass).”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th October 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
In re X (a Child) (Rights of media attendance)
Family Division
“The burden of satisfying the court that the media should be excluded from a hearing in family proceedings lay upon the party applying for the exclusion.”
The Times, 27th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Government Ministers have acknowledged that controversial plans to impose fixed fees for legal representation for vulnerable families and children cannot proceed without ‘further analysis’.”
The Bar Council, 21st July 2009
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“The Bar Council and the Family Law Bar Association have today published a review of the Impact Assessment carried out by Ernst & Young on the impact of the Legal Service Commission’s proposed cuts to the family legal aid budget. The review, which was conducted by the independent economic consultancy Oxera, analyses the Ernst & Young report, A Market Analysis of Family Advocacy, which was published on the 29th June.”
The Bar Council, 16th July 2009
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“The Bar Council has today welcomed the report on family law reform, Every Family Matters, from the Centre for Social Justice, a leading think tank which is chaired by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, the former Leader of the Conservative Party. The Centre for Social Justice’s latest family law report, which focuses on the breakdown of family life in modern Britain, and the way in which this is addressed by the legal system.”
The Bar Council, 16th July 2009
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Legal Services Commission proposals to cut legal support for vulnerable children and families have been savaged in a damning report from the all-party Justice Select Committee.”
The Bar Council, 15th July 2009
source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Cases in the family courts involving celebrities’ children should be treated in the same way as those involving anyone else’s children, the senior family courts judge said yesterday.”
The Times, 16th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The annual report for the family procedure rule committee, a non-departmental public body set up under the Courts Act 2003 to make rules of court for use in family proceedings.”
Ministry of Justice, 10th July 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Jack Straw has announced the next stage of reforms aimed at increasing transparency and confidence in our family justice system.”
Ministry of Justice, 9th July 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Thousands of cases in the family courts will be exposed to increased public scrutiny under reforms to be announced today by Jack Straw.”
The Times, 9th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Parliamentarians, family barristers and children’s charities will today continue their discussions on vulnerable children and the law. At a meeting in Parliament, chaired by Lord Thomas of Gresford QC, speakers from the Family Law Bar Association, Association of Lawyers for Children and the NSPCC, among others, will consider the dramatic impact that proposed cuts to family legal aid will have on vulnerable children and families.”
The Bar Council, 7th July 2009
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Britain’s most senior family judge called last night for urgent action over a crisis in the family courts fuelled by increasing delays in child abuse cases and lack of funds.”
The Times, 3rd July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A report presenting an early stage process evaluation of the Public Law Outline in family courts.”
Ministry of Justice, 1st July 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
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