The Vulnerable Witnesses and Children Working Group has produced its final report which identifies deficits in the management of vulnerable and intimidated witnesses within the Family Court, and the need for improved access to the Family Court for children in order that their voices can be...
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has delivered its unanimous judgment in the appeal case of Wyatt v Vince [2015] UKSC 14 This case has caused widespread media and legal interest for financial remedy proceedings due to the delay in bringing an application for financial relief following the divorce...
Read MoreThe appeal of Wright v Wright [2015] EWCA Civ 201 was heard before Lord Justice Pitchford regarding the parties' matrimonial proceedings and financial remedy proceedings. The case concerned the periodical payments ordered to be paid by Mr Wright to Mrs Wright on a joint lives basis...
Read MorePlease find attached the judgment of HHJ Bellamy in Re FM (A Child: fractures: bone density) [2015] EWFC B26 handed down on 12th March 2015. The case involved a child who had sustained a fracture to the left and to the right distal tibia. The case involved...
Read MoreAll local children law practitioners will be expected by His Honour to have read His Honour's latest newsletter. It contains an update on issues that are currently in need of addressing, and attaches key local practice directions, guidance and the recent authority of Re: L in relation...
Read MoreFollowing the recent seminar of 26th February 2015 given by Eleanor Drucker of the Legal Aid Agency, please find attached mediation notes and the expert fees presentation....
Read MorePlease find attached His Honour Judge Bellamy's latest Newsletter - March 2015...
Read MoreFor those who missed it last week, here is the link to the President's judgment in Re L (AChild) [2015] EWFC 15. The case had been transferred to the President to address a discrete issue in respect of a refusal by the LAA to grant funding...
Read MoreThe 25th November 2014 - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women - saw the launch of the "How Many Times?" campaign. The campaign - led by the multi-agency Safer Leicester Partnership - is made up of survivors of domestic abuse and hopes to...
Read MoreIt has been announced by the Justice Minister, Simon Hughes, that DNA testing which is required to establish paternity within private law disputes will be funded by Cafcass, beginning later this year. Of course, it has long been possible for the Family Court to order DNA testing...
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