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 family law, family justice system, reform on July 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Lib Dem Contact Proposals
Posted in stuff, tagged contact, election, family law, law reform on April 29, 2010 | 6 Comments »
A colleague emails: …When looking through the LibDem manifesto this week, I noticed an express commitment, buried deep in the document at page 52, which may be of some interest (and reads, as follows)…. “The Liberal Democrats will “introduce a default contact arragangement, which would divide the child’s time between their two parents in the [...]
Family Law Direct
Posted in stuff, tagged family law, public access on April 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Legal Services Board have today lifted the restrictions on barristers accepting instructions directly from members of the public in family work. Previously under the Public Access Scheme barristers who, like me, had completed Public Access Training were prohibited from advising or representing clients in family matters (except in very very limited circumstances) or in [...]
Tear Down The Wall…
Posted in stuff, tagged family courts, family justice system, family law on March 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Charon QC is right. I have to comment on Jack Straw’s apparent reluctance to appoint Lord Justice Wall as the new President of the Family Division, reported on here by The Times. It is difficult to think of any reason for Mr Straw’s request that the appointment panel reconsider other than Wall LJ’s willingness to [...]
A Message of Optimism For 2010
Posted in stuff, tagged family law, public funding on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have sought the guidance of the Geek and there is hope for the family bar after all…Apparently I need first to ditch hubby number one and find a more…uh…economically viable on. I KNEW I was missing a big part of the economic equation that made this job worth it. The solution is so simple. Thanks GL [...]
Soundbitten
Posted in stuff, tagged children act, family law, research, solicitors on November 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In June I posted a short entry on the family law week blog about some research commissioned by solicitors Mischcon De Reya into the impact of the Children Act 1989 on children who had been involved in proceedings in the 20 years since its implementation. My source was a press release from the solicitors’ firm, summarising [...]
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