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Legal Lookalikes

Posted in stuff, tagged , , on June 18, 2010 | 7 Comments »

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 [...]

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Contact Activities – the big giveaway!

Posted in stuff, tagged , , , , 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 [...]

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Lightning Fast Lawyers

Posted in stuff, tagged , , 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 [...]

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ISWs throw in the towel

Posted in stuff, tagged , , , , on May 25, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Community Care reports on the prospect of Independent Social Workers quitting over the fees cap to be introduced by the LSC in October. What the article fails to disentangle (in fact it rather adds to the confusion) is the distinction between ISWs contracted by CAFCASS on a self employed basis to carry out Guardian or [...]

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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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Barrister Facing Misconduct Charges For Graduated Fee Claim

Posted in stuff, tagged , 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 [...]

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