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LATEST FAMILY LAW NEWS
Cuts force domestic violence refuges to turn victims awayCharities say funding cuts mean it is increasingly difficult to find beds for vulnerable women.Full story: The Guardian  Child protection services face unannounced inspectionsInspections of child protection services in England are to be unannounced, more intensive and child-focused, the inspecting body, Ofsted has announced.Full story: BBC News  Child Support Agency charge backedIain Duncan Smith has defended proposals to charge single parents for using the Child Support Agency, stating "we're not asking for much".Full story: The Press Association  Fostering services in need of radical reform, says Policy ExchangeFostering services in England and Wales are in need of radical reform, according to a report published by Policy Exchange, the independent educational charity.Full report: Family Law Week  Vitamin D deficiency linked to Sudden Infant Death SyndromeThe BBC Radio 4 programme Today has reported that two senior paediatric pathologists claim to have discovered Vitamin D deficiency in a significant number of children who have died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.Full story: Family Law Week  Birmingham recruits Lincolnshire children's services chiefBirmingham's embattled children's services department has appointed a director from an Ofsted-rated outstanding authority to turn around its fortunes.Full story: Children & Young People Now  Welsh Govt consults on practitioner guidance for new Child Practice Review frameworkThe Welsh Government has launched a consultation on draft practitioner guidance for its new Child Practice Review (CPR) framework.Full story: Local Government Lawyer  Welfare bill suffers Lords defeat over child supportThe coalition has suffered its biggest defeat in the Lords since being elected over plans to charge single parents to use the Child Support Agency.Full story: BBC News  More news... LATEST FAMILY LAW CASES Hutchings-Whelan v Hutchings [2012] EWCA Civ 38 (26 January 2012)Appeal by husband against ancillary relief order, limited to issues allowed when permission to appeal was granted. Appeal dismissed in its entirety.Full report: Bailii  X v Latvia (Application No 27853/09) (13 December 2011)The mother was a Latvian national living in Australia. The mother and child returned to Latvia. Partner made a Hague Convention application. Latvian court ordered the mother to return the child to Australia. Mother alleged a breach of Arts 6 and 8 of the European Convention. The Latvian court's approach lacked an in-depth examination of the whole family situation which rendered the return order a disproportionate interference.Report: Family Law Full report: ECHR  Kayani, R. v [2011] EWCA Crim 2871 (13 December 2011)Two fathers appealing against sentences for child abduction. The issue was whether the interests of the children should lead to a reduction in sentence. Held that it did not, and both appeals were dismissed.Report: Family Law Full report: Bailii  G v A & Ors (No 3) [2011] EWHC 2377 (Fam) (19 September 2011)Further proceedings relating to the enforcement of a Sch.1 order requiring the father to pay a lump sum to enable the purchase of a property for the mother and child. Directions given regarding the purchase of a suitable property.Full report: Bailii  LG v DK [2011] EWHC 2453 (COP) (5 October 2011)Court of Protection proceedings concerning the issue of whether it would be in the best interests of an 84 year old man with dementia to provide a bodily sample for DNA purposes in order to decide whether or not a woman is his daughter.Full report: Family Law Week  More cases... LATEST FAMILY LAW ARTICLES Safety netWith the cohabitant population set to grow further and no change in the law in sight, Therese Nichols reviews the advice lawyers should give to unmarried couples.Full article: Solicitors Journal  Why I'm a families manNicholas Crichton, a family judge, tells Juliet Rix that we need more courts to help parents to tackle their drug and alcohol problems.Full article: The Guardian  A Practical and Legal Analysis of Islamic Marriage, Divorce and DowryCharlotte Proudman, a pupil at Coram Chambers, provides some legal and practical guidance on Islamic marriage, divorce and dowry and describes the procedures at Birmingham Central Mosque's Sharia Council.Full article: Family Law Week  More articles... LATEST FAMILY LAW BLOG POSTS Government at odds with itself on domestic violenceThe debate over the definition of domestic violence used in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill highlights the absence of joined-up thinking within the government.Full post: Law Society Gazette News Blog  R v Kayani and Solliman: Any damage to welfare of children does not justify reduction in sentence for abductionShould a prison sentence for child abduction be reduced because it may adversely affect the children, who are now in the care of the abducting parent?Full post: Family Lore  Against my WillThe Inheritance (Cohabitants) Bill received its first reading on the 12th January. It is based on a Law Commission Report which, after consultation, recommended that the law be changed so that cohabitants would have an automatic claim to the property of their partner if he or she died intestate, provided they had lived together for five years or two years if there was a child of the relationship.Full post: Lords of the Blog  The costs risk conundrum: how a change in the law has congested courtsMarilyn considers whether the "no order" costs principle has led to an increase in the number of litigants in person.Full post: Marilyn Stowe Blog  Divorce, joint tenancy and how to prepare for the unexpectedA new case has come to light that is important for anyone going through family separation who owns a property jointly with their partner– as well as the practitioners advising them.Full post: Marilyn Stowe Blog  More blog posts... LATEST PODCAST  LoreCast for the week to the 31st January 2012The top family law news stories of the last week in a short, easy to listen podcast:
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