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Justice Minister Jonathan Djanogly speech on mediation
Last Updated: 16/04/2012 21:43:04
Justice Minister Jonathan Djanogly speaks at The Law Society Family Mediation event:
Summit on Government’s response to the Family Justice Review
Last Updated: 02/04/2012 02:35:22
Family lawyers, judges and members of key family justice organisations are being invited to a summit to discuss implications of the Government’s response to the Family Justice Review on Monday 2nd April.
Will London's Family drug and alcohol court survive?
Last Updated: 13/03/2012 10:03:20
For the last four years, London's Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) has been trying to get drug and alcohol misusing families back on track. It has done so by pioneering a different approach from that adopted by the mainstream family courts. But will it survive the legal cuts Joshua Rozenberg discusses on Radio 4 at 4pm.
Legal Aid Bill defeated in Lords for 3rd time
Last Updated: 06/03/2012 09:14:24
The government has been defeated yet again in the Lords over proposed changes to the legal aid system.
Former AG claims women and children could die with legal aid cuts
Last Updated: 05/03/2012 09:03:31
Baroness Patricia Scotland said restricting legal aid to victims of domestic violence who could provide evidence such as a criminal conviction against the perpetrator, a non-molestation order or an active child protection plan from the past 12 months would lead to a rise in deaths and assaults against women and children
More parents protect family assets from breakdown of child's relationship
Last Updated: 01/03/2012 09:45:31
The number of pre- and post-nuptial agreements and cohabitation agreements has soared in the past year as well-heeled parents move to protect family wealth from outsiders.
'Biggest community care case for 15 years'
Last Updated: 07/02/2012 10:06:45
Following a ruling in 1997 by the House of Lords, councils in England can currently consider their resources when assessing the needs of disabled adults. But lawyers representing the charities say a council's budget should have no impact on the assessment of need.
Divorced parents to get more rights
Last Updated: 03/02/2012 09:46:57
Ministers to look at changing rules to include 'a presumption of shared parenting', in biggest family law reform in 20 years
Lords whallop Government's Welfare Bill
Last Updated: 23/01/2012 21:14:41
The Government has suffered a defeat over its plan to limit welfare payments to £26,000 per family after peers voted to remove child benefit from the cap. The measure at a stroke inflicted a £130 million-a-year dent in the savings that would have been made the cap. The Bill will now return to the Commons, where ministers have vowed to unpick the amendment.
Cutting Legal Aid will cut justice for all
Last Updated: 25/11/2011 10:46:07
The Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) has welcomed comments, made during an eight hour debate in the House of Lords, that confirm our view that the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill undermines the vital constitutional principals of England and Wales.The comments were made by Lord Pannick as the bill was discussed at the House of Lords on Monday, 21 November 2011....
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