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Biggest EU Digital Shake-Up Since GDPR? What Businesses Need To Know
Christopher Perrin
1 June 2015
Children and mediation – The MoJ responds to Dispute Resolution Advisory Group’s final “Voice of The Child” report
Guest author Harry Nosworthy, Barrister at 4 Paper Buildings, looks at the MOJ's response to the Dispute Resolution Advisory Group’s final “Voice of The Child” report and evaluates the questions yet to be addressed.
9 September 2014
The voice of the child in family courts
Earlier this summer, the Minister of Justice, Simon Hughes, confirmed the Government’s commitment to a further change to the Family Justice System, which will see children given more of a voice in court and other proceedings in which decisions are made about their lives. In this blog, Connie Atkinson explores to what extent do children already have a voice in family proceedings and what will the new proposals might mean in practice and for families.
3 June 2014
Mediation - the ‘new’ requirements before issuing court proceedings
As reported widely in the media recently, important changes to the family justice system came in to force on 22 April 2014. One of the key changes was the amendment to many of the court application forms (in particular those for commencing children and financial proceedings), which now require confirmation that mediation has been considered as a method for resolving financial or children issues on separation.
18 February 2014
Understanding the recent changes to child maintenance in the UK
The system governing child maintenance in the UK has been undergoing a complete makeover in recent years. Late last year saw the end of the staged introduction of the “gross income” scheme and all new child maintenance applications are now under the responsibility of the Child Maintenance Service (CMS), with even more changes on the not so distant horizon.
This blog sets out the recent changes – including the main points and guidelines for parents to be aware of.
22 August 2013
Pour se préparer à la meilleure issue dans les cas de déplacement d'enfants
Dans les cas de dissolution de couple, la gestion d'un déplacement des enfants à l'étranger peut présenter de grandes complexités et difficultés, et dans la majorité des cas la situation n'est idéale pour aucune des parties impliquées. La décision très récente de la Haute Cour de justice dans l'affaire CB v CB [2013] EWHC 2092 le démontre parfaitement. Cette affaire concernait un litige entre une mère ayant la double citoyenneté australo-britannique et un père britannique. Leur fils de 14 ans était resté chez son père en Angleterre après y être venu passer des vacances à l'occasion de Noël. Cet épisode faisait suite à une période de deux ans au cours de laquelle la mère était partie vivre en Australie avec l'enfant pour y vivre à court terme, avec l'agrément du père.