“The family justice system needs significant reform to tackle delays and ensure that children and families get the service they deserve, says an independent panel set up to review how the system works.”
Ministry of Justice, 31st March 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A major shake-up of the family court procedures in England and Wales comes into effect on 6 April 2011.”
BBC News, 2nd March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Courts could grind to a standstill as hundreds of thousands of people represent themselves in legal cases, senior judges have warned.”
The Guardian, 24th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A couple have been reunited with their children after a family court’s decision to separate them was overturned by a judge who criticised the ‘brisk’ nature of the original hearing.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Family lawyers have welcomed last week’s publication of the long-awaited Family Procedure Rules 2010, which will come into force on 6 April.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 13th January 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A High Court judge has warned that the family court needs to reassert its authority to tackle the ‘lack of respect’ shown for its orders.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 29th November 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Lets hear it for the child; Restoring the Authority of the Family Court, Blue skies and Sacred cows (PDF)
Speech by Mr Justice Coleridge
Association of Lawyers for Children: 21st Annual Conference, 26th November 2010
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Hundreds of thousands of people with family and housing law problems will no longer have access to free legal advice under government proposals announced today (15 November).”
The Guardian, 15th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The organisation which provides legal help for children in care cases is ‘not fit for purpose’, a group of MPs says.”
BBC News, 11th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The adversarial court system is not appropriate for settling parental disputes over the custody of children, the lord chief justice said today.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 26th October 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The family justice system has been criticised from all angles. It’s been described as a slow, bureaucratic system that is bursting at the seams leaving families torn apart by its unfriendly and adversarial nature. In the first of a new series of Law In Action Joshua Rozenberg speaks to the Head of the Family Court Division Sir Nicholas Wall about what the future holds and how the sytem can be changed to help those caught up in it.”
BBC Law in Action, 19th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government was wise to defer a decision on whether the media should be able to report family court hearings, according to a senior judge.”
BBC News, 19th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The decision on whether to bring into force provisions to change the restrictions on media reporting of family court hearings, will be decided after the publication of the Family Justice Review’s final report next year.”
Ministry of Justice, 11th October 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“An appraisal system should be introduced for family judges, so that they can hear feedback on their performance and to reassure the public about the quality of the judiciary, the Law Society has suggested.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th October 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Law Society has won its High Court challenge to the Legal Services Commission’s family tender process.”
Law Society’s Gazette. 30th September 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The schoolgirl who was ‘abducted’ from her father’s home in Canada by her English mother won the right not to return after telling judges: “I never, never in my whole life want to go back there. The 13-year-old made clear her determination to stay in the Teesside town when Lord Justice Thorpe and Lady Justice Smith took the unique step of holding a private interview with her halfway through a hearing at London’s Civil Appeal Court.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Is the family justice system in need of review? – Speech by Lord Justice Wall, President of the Family Division, 19th September 2010.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 19th September 2010
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The Call for Evidence for the Family Justice Review closes on 30 September – so just a few days left for people to provide feedback about the way the system can be improved.”
Ministry of Justice, 22nd September 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The Newspaper Society has complained that the Children, Schools and Families Act has made legal cases covered by the Act less transparent because they are virtually unreportable.”
The Guardian, 16th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Ministry of Justice has told the Gazette that it will not commence legislation that would extend the media’s right to report family cases without ‘looking closely’ at the changes, amid pressure from family lawyers.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th September 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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