There are a growing number of quasi-legal services out there for litigants in person involved in family proceedings, and it is no surprise that many of them are advertised via the internet. I come across them increasingly frequently and they come in varying degrees of professionalism: from the ramshackle campaigning group with a few seasoned [...]
Posts Tagged ‘public funding’
Legal Lookalikes
Posted in stuff, tagged legal advice, mckenzie friend, public funding on June 18, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Contact Activities – the big giveaway!
Posted in stuff, tagged children, contact activity directions, domestic violence, parenting, public funding on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Contact Activity Directions – remember them? Yes, the little used Contact Activity provisions have received a bit of a boost as of 1 April: they are now provided free of charge to any parent ordered to attend such an activity. . Previously, you will recall (or perhaps not): parents who were eligible for public funding [...]
Lightning Fast Lawyers
Posted in stuff, tagged family legal aid, graduated fees, public funding on May 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »
40 minutes apparently. That’s the time it takes to get to and from Bath County Court from chambers in Bristol. Or at least my clerks tell me (to snorts of derision from me) that this is all the LSC say I can claim. There is a list that tells them so. Lets assume that we [...]
Shock News – Family Justice System Stretched to Breaking Point
Posted in stuff, tagged children, contact, family justice system, judgments, public funding, resources 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 [...]
Barrister Facing Misconduct Charges For Graduated Fee Claim
Posted in stuff, tagged graduated fees, public funding on February 17, 2010 | 11 Comments »
I’m not going to comment on this news story in the Telegraph other than to say that: 1 The professional misconduct proceedings appear to be ongoing so we don’t know if the charges will be made out and 2 If true this does not reflect well on the bar and plays into the hands of [...]