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Family Law Newsletter: 18 July 2016
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The Family Law newsletter provides you with all the latest news, judgments, articles and guidance to ensure you are up to date with the latest developments and their impact on practice.
News
Nearly 10 per cent of adults in England and Wales are cohabiting couples13 July 2016
Newly released ONS statistics show that nearly 10 per cent of adults in England and Wales are unmarried and living with a partner,
Six per cent increase in private law cases received by Cafcass in June 201612 July 2016
In June 2016, Cafcass received a total of 3,599 new private law cases. This is a 6% increase on June 2015 levels.
New care applications received by Cafcass in June represents highest ever number for any one month12 July 2016
Latest figures released by Cafcass reveal that new care applications received in June 2016 represents the highest ever number of applications for any one month.
Articles
The CJEU rules on rights of residence of non-EU nationals on divorce
Michael Allum -
@michael_allum18 July 2016
On 30 June 2016, the European Court (CJEU) handed down its decision in
Secretary of State for the Home Department v NA (Case C-115/15).
Update of Bills and new ideas in family lawNatasha Phillips -
@SobukiRa13 July 2016
Despite a very busy few weeks in the run-up to Brexit and its aftermath, child welfare concerns have remained in the spotlight. Here are the latest Bills, ideas and updates in the sector, which make for very interesting - at, at times, controversial - reading.
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