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Judgment in B (Children) handed down

Posted in stuff, tagged , , , , , , , on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The judgment in B (Children) [2008] UKHL 35, handed down today is of significant importance in care proceedings. The leading judgment by Baroness Hale of Richmond is compelling reading, as is the secondary judgment of Lord Hoffmann. . Based on my first read-through of the judgment this evening the decision appears to amount to this: [...]

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Family Judge Gives Judgment on Government

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on April 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Wow. Rock on Mr Justice Coleridge! Coleridge J opened the Resolution Conference last week with a speech that is considerably less diplomatic than many a judicial utterance. He says early on in the speech: “I have not discussed this talk with the President let alone shown him a copy in advance. (I did not want [...]

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BLAAAAAAAAWGS

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on October 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Interesting entry on the nearly legal blog from another legal blogger (please don’t say blawger – its too awful a title to bear) about (amongst other things) the surprising range of interest a legal blog can generate.  and apparently in someone’s world I’m no 28 of the top family law blogs. that’s a rather nice [...]

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Collaborative Law

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on September 13, 2007 | 4 Comments »

This collaborative law initiative seems to be catching on, and I can certainly see why, if it does what it says on the tin. I’ve often met clients who have been disappointed with what mediation can offer them (I meet them at court once mediation has failed and they have fallen back on the court [...]

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Slough takes on giants

Posted in stuff, tagged , on August 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Slough has just successfully judicially reviewed the government in relation to the business growth money scheme (the government had wrongly refused to pay out extra funds to slough after it facilitated the growth of two major new businesses in Slough (Tesco Extra in Slough and Royal Mail sorting office in Colnbrook). And goodness only knows [...]

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