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LATEST FAMILY LAW NEWS
New Society sections open to non-solicitorsThe Law Society has announced that it has set up two new sections with membership open to non-solicitors. The Equality and Diversity Section and the Family Section will both launch on 25 June.Full story: Law Society Gazette  Ofsted seeks to raise standards in foster care with improved inspection regimeOfsted has published an explanation of how its latest revisions to the inspection of fostering services places are intended to focus even more firmly on the welfare and safety of children and young people.Full story: Family Law Week  The Social Security and Child Support (Supersession of Appeal Decisions) Regulations 2012This instrument is made to correct errors in the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2008.Statutory Instrument  MPs debate family courtsAlan Beith, Liberal Democrat MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed and Chair of the Justice Select Committee, moved a debate in Westminster Hall on Thursday 24 May on family courts.Full story: UK Parliament  Family courts: New standards for expert witnessesFewer decisions about the care of children will be made on the advice of poorly qualified experts in the family courts under government plans.Full story: BBC News  Baby P social workers were fairly sacked, tribunal rulesTwo of Baby P's social workers have lost an appeal against an employment tribunal ruling that they were fairly sacked.Full story: The Telegraph  Supreme Court upholds judgment denying contact in Scottish children caseCourt makes recommendations about the future conduct of such proceedings.Full story: Family Law Week  Variations in child care applications revealedHow much the numbers of applications to take children into care vary from region to region in England has been revealed for the first time.Full story: BBC News  More news... LATEST FAMILY LAW CASES R (Children) , Re [2012] EWCA Civ 687 (04 May 2012)Appeal by father against refusal to allow the instruction of an expert on transmission or cross-transmission of sexually transmitted diseases. Appeal dismissed.Full report: Bailii  Re S (Parenting Assessment) [2012] EWCA (17 May 2012)Care proceedings. Appeal by mother against a decision ruling her out as a future carer of her two children. Appeal dismissed.Report: Family Law  Re H (Placement Order: Application of Principles) [2012] EWCA (16 May 2012)Appeal by mother against care and placement orders. Appeal allowed.Report: Family Law  Kim v Morris [2012] EWHC 1103 (Fam) (2 May 2012The parties reconciled during the 4 years since decree nisi and so did not seek decree absolute but were now once again separated and sought to complete the divorce process. Held, the wife could not supplement her petition. Decree nisi rescinded, petition dismissed.Report: Family Law Full report: Family Law Week  JS (a minor), Re [2012] EWHC 1370 (Fam) (29 March 2012)Care proceedings. Fact-finding hearing considering the cause of subdural haematomas and retinal haemorrhage suffered by the child. Held that the child suffered the injuries as a result of inflicted trauma on two occasions in the form of assaults which included an element of shaking perpetrated by the father.Full report: Bailii  More cases... LATEST FAMILY LAW ARTICLES Spousal maintenance - how much and for how long?These two questions vex even the most experienced family law practitioners.Full article: Law Society Gazette  The Race to Court 2 - A Paralegal’s GuideMy colleague, Lucy Loizou, wrote an opinion piece published on 26 April 2012 about why you may need to be "first to issue" divorce proceedings where there is a jurisdiction race. In light of her piece I set out here how to race to Court in those circumstances.Full article: Family Law  Children: Private Law Update (May 2012)Alex Verdan QC of 4 Paper Buildings considers several recent important judgments covering a range of private law issues concerning childrenFull article: Family Law Week  More articles... LATEST FAMILY LAW BLOG POSTS Is it wrong to profit from divorce litigation?There are some intriguing developments in the financing of divorce cases at the moment.Full post: Law Society Gazette News blog  In the Jingle, Djangoly morning, I come following you…The Parliamentary Justice Committee met recently, and if you’re a fan of conspiracy and outrage the debate makes for entertaining reading...Full post: suesspiciousminds  The cost of bankruptcy in family proceedingsThe recent case of Hayes v Hayes concerned a bankrupt husband who sought to be released from a debt that had arisen from a costs order made in family proceedings.Full post: Marilyn Stowe Blog  S (A Child) and B (A Child): Too much haste...We are always being reminded these days of the need to reduce delay in proceedings concerning children. However, two cases reported on Family Law Week yesterday serve as reminders that there can be such a thing as too much haste.Full post: Family Lore  Gold Band : Gold Standard?This weekend I listened to Coleridge J talk about his Marriage Foundation at the FLBA Cumberland Lodge weekend.Full post: Pink Tape  More blog posts... LATEST PODCAST  LoreCast for the week to the 28th of May 2012The top family law news stories of the last week in a short, easy to listen podcast:
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