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Family Justice Review

Posted in stuff, tagged , , on July 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Further to my previous post, I am en route back to the sticks having thrown my two penn’orth in the general direction of the Family Justice Review Panel (I got ‘em, right between the eyes). I was somewhat surprised to find that the session was ‘private’ (and apparently not recorded), and so I will not [...]

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Family Justice Review

Posted in stuff, tagged , on July 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »

On Wednesday the Family Justice Review will be taking evidence from the Family Law Bar Association, Association of Lawyers for Children, Law Society and Resolution. I will be hotfooting it from Swansea to Paddington in order to attend, along with Stephen Cobb QC, on behalf of the FLBA. It promises to be an interesting session, [...]

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Just one more V important thing…Family Justice Review

Posted in stuff, tagged , on July 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Ministerial Statement to the House The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Jonathan Djanogly): My hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Education, the Minister with responsibility for children and families, the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) and I wish to make the following statement to the House about our [...]

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Potter Mouth

Posted in stuff, tagged , , , on June 7, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Mark Potter, recently departed former President of the Family Division has spoken out at his concern about the strains on the system, saying that children are in danger as a result. The Guardian reports his first interview since leaving office.

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Splitting Headache

Posted in stuff, tagged , , , , , on May 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

To split or not to split? That is the eternal question, answered here by new Prez in new guidance. In short: split only when it serves a purpose. And don’t forget split listing (or not) is a judicial decision. Lord Justice Wall (little known founder of Wall’s Ice Cream) also adds a reminder that splits [...]

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Shock News – Family Justice System Stretched to Breaking Point

Posted in stuff, tagged , , , , , on May 17, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Thanks to Family Law Week for alerting me to this judgment of Thorpe LJ in which the court considered the proper husbanding of limited resources in determining the way forward in a contact case. It was in the course of that judgment last year that Thorpe LJ remarked that the family justice system was ‘stretched [...]

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