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Sarah Phillimore welcomes a new edition of a text book on child protection law now aimed at a wider readership that includes parents as well as professionals, while doubting how much lay readers will really benefit from it in a system still loaded against public understanding. … Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news and comment includes legal aid or the lack of it, judicial responses to court reform, women in the legal profession, use of experts in family cases, and a law reporter’s fictional case study.
A number of changes in marriage and divorce law seem poised to be made by proposed legislation. In three linked posts, we take a quick tour round some of the bills awaiting consideration by Parliament. In this third post, Paul Magrath looks at possible extensions to the law on civil partnerships. … Continue reading
A number of changes in marriage and divorce law seem poised to be made by proposed legislation. In three linked posts, we take a quick tour round some of the bills awaiting consideration by Parliament. In this second post, David Burrows looks at the law of marriage and how that might be reformed to accommodate changes in a diverse religio-secular society. … Continue reading
A number of changes in marriage and divorce law seem poised to be made by proposed legislation. In three linked posts, we take a quick tour round some of the bills awaiting consideration by Parliament. First, Paul Magrath discusses divorce reform. … Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news and comment has a crime-heavy flavour, including disclosure of spent convictions and youth reprimands, measures to tackle knife crime, the defence of legal aid, and plans for the future of the CPS. Plus the 30th anniversary of the Children Act 1989.… Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news and comment includes mental capacity law, domestic abuse legislation, cohabitation and the myth of the common law marriage, and developments in legal information and ethics. But first, the work-life balance for lawyers and how it can be improved.… Continue reading
This week’s roundup of legal news and comment includes the Parole Board, probation services, courts, legal information and pupillage.… Continue reading
In this first roundup of the Hilary Term, we cover prisons, legal aid, immigration, courts and the legal profession, among other things.… Continue reading
David Burrows congratulates Nathalie Lieven QC on her appointment to the High Court bench in the Family Division, particularly in view of her background and experience in administrative law cases.… Continue reading
