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Elena Ambrosiadou wins legal battle with ex-husband Martin Coward over softwareHigh Court judge says hedge fund tycoons gave ‘tainted’ evidence in fight for spoils of marriage.Full story: The Independent Divorcee keeps overpayment of pension made as part of divorce settlementThe Pensions Ombudsman has determined that a divorcee need not repay to Scottish Widows an overpayment secured in her divorce settlement as a result of an incorrect transfer value provided by the pension scheme administrator.Full story: Family Law Week First ever chief social worker for children and fast-track training to lead social work reformEducation Secretary Michael Gove today announced the appointment of a children's chief social worker and a new fast-track training programme for top graduates.Full story: GOV.UK Gay marriage: Review of civil partnerships possible but not until 2019Ministers have said they are prepared to review whether civil partnerships should be extended to heterosexual couples but not until 2019.Full story: BBC News Funding for foster care recruitment boost unveiledThe government has today unveiled a new package of support to help local authorities attract and retain more foster carers from a wider range of backgrounds.Full story: GOV.UK Stopping poor quality and time-wasting expert evidence in family courtsNew national standards to raise the quality of experts used in family courts were announced by the Government today.Full story: GOV.UK DWP’s child maintenance data is ‘misleading’Gingerbread has today criticised the government’s reports of its own success in collecting child maintenance as ‘misleading’, after the DWP launched a consultation on new reporting standards.Full story: Gingerbread Ministers seek to cut £50m legal aid bill for expert witnesses in family courtsMinistry of justice says it wants to introduce new standards to ensure only highest calibre of evidence is permitted.Full story: The Guardian More news... LATEST FAMILY LAW CASES MR (A Child) [2013] EWHC 1156 (Fam) (07 May 2013)Care proceedings. Hearing as to whether the court should make care and placement orders or instead evaluate whether rehabilitation between the child and his mother was a viable option.Full report: Bailii MR v Habboo for Kent County Council [2012] EWHC 4258 (Fam) (16 November 2012)Care proceedings. Fact-finding hearing concerning what part, if any, the parents played in the child's injuries.Full report: Bailii CR v MZ [2013] EWHC 295 (Fam) (13 February 2013)Judgment in financial remedies application dealing with preliminary issues relating to the ownership of the former matrimonial home.Full report: Family Law Week A (a child), Re (a child) [2013] EWCA Civ 543 (16 May 2013)Appeal by mother against interim contact order in favour of father. Appeal allowed.Full report: Bailii CR v SR [2013] EWHC 1155 (Fam) (22 January 2013)Application by husband for permission to appeal financial remedy order. Application granted.Full report: Bailii More cases... LATEST FAMILY LAW ARTICLES What Place does Wardship have in Modern Family Proceedings?Leanne Buckley-Thomson, barrister at 12 College Place, provides an overview of wardship and considers its usefulness in modern family proceedings.Full article: Family Law Week Good Intentions are Not Enough: Thompson v HurstSheila Hamilton Macdonald, barrister, examines the implications of the Court of Appeal judgment in Thompson v Hurst; a cohabitee property dispute in which the property had been registered in the name of only one of the cohabitees.Full article: Family Law Week Samantha Bangham’s Week in Cases 17 May 2013Samantha Bangham looks at the week's case highlights.Full article: Family Law More articles... LATEST FAMILY LAW BLOG POSTS I have been modernised…"This week I attended a lecture by our new Designated Family Judge here in Bristol, His Honour Judge Wildblood QC, to inform the legal community about modernisation, the new PLO and how things will be in the new world order." Says Kucy Reed.Full post: Pink Tape “Friendly McKenzie, writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear”Suesspiciousminds looks at the (as yet) unreported Court of Appeal case Re F (Children) [2013].Full post: suesspiciousminds Doom and Gloom and very black CoffeeLucy Reed contemplates the future. And drinking coffee.Full post: Pink Tape “As a drunkard uses a lamppost…”A discussion of the new CAFCASS figures on care proceedings issued by Local Authority area.Full post: suesspiciousminds “I’m on the edge, the edge, the edge, the edge…”Suesspiciousminds looks at the research by Judith Masson (et al) on families on the edge of care proceedings.Full post: suesspiciousminds More blog posts... LATEST PODCAST  News for the two weeks to the 13th of May 2013A summary of the top family law news stories from the last two weeks, in a short, easy-to-listen podcast:
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