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The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) has released a communication dated 18 March 2021, stating that the Republic of Iceland, as the depositary, has consented to the UK being invited...
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has launched a voucher scheme which will provide a contribution of up to £500 towards the mediation costs for eligible cases. The purpose of the scheme is to...
The Ministry of Justice has launched a public consultation on judicial review which will address the recommendations of an independent panel of experts led by Lord Faulks...
The Family Court Practice (‘The Red Book’) is widely acknowledged as the leading court reference work for all family practitioners and the judiciary. We are currently recruiting a...
A raft of new amendments to the Domestic Abuse Bill will be presented, providing greater protections for victims and further clamping down on perpetrators.The proposals include making non-fatal...
Dame Rachel de Souza began her term as Children's Commissioner for England. She succeeds Anne Longfield in the role. On the Children's Commissioner's website, she says:"As I begin my tenure as...
The Children’s Commissioner has announced the launch of the Childhood Commission, a review of the future of childhood by the Children’s Commissioner’s Office. The Childhood...
The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on the proposed amendments to the Adoption Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2005 and the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (Wales) Regulations 2015....
The latest data from the Office of National Statistics shows that, in the year ending March 2020, around 1 in 7 (14.3%) disabled people aged 16 to 59 years experienced any form of domestic abuse in...
The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary has published a message from the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, in which the President endorses the publication of the President’s...