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kellygrigg
- 1 day ago
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Student combines law studies with winning tribunal for mother
A final-year law student successfully helped her mother win at a tribunal after completing a module on employment law. Elle Holland, 22,...
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kellygrigg
- 2 days ago
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'Comprehensively dishonest man' jailed for posing as solicitor in court
bogus solicitor who represented a company in court despite having no qualifications has been jailed by a judge who called him a...
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kellygrigg
- 5 days ago
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Trainee solicitor awarded four weeks' pay after firm changed contract terms
A trainee solicitor who took his former employer to the employment tribunal after it changed the terms of his contract days before he was...
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kellygrigg
- 6 days ago
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Announcements on Children Missing Education & Home Education
There have been a series of developments as to Children Missing Education & Selective Home Education. The Department for Education has...
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kellygrigg
- May 29
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Police Issue First National Threat Assessment of Violence Against Women & Girls
The National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) has prepared an in-depth 230-page intelligence document, which has been shared with all forces...
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kellygrigg
- May 28
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Paralegal convicted of serious offences banned from profession
Aparalegal who was convicted of raping a child in 2007, and later convicted of failing to comply with his notification requirements, has...
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kellygrigg
- May 27
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Statistics Released on Families and Households in the UK
The ONS has released its dataset ‘Families and households in the UK: 2022’, reporting trends in living arrangements including families...
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kellygrigg
- May 26
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Judicial recruitment process leaves family solicitor in tears
Plenty of family lawyers are applying to join the judiciary – they are just not getting in. That was the response of a solicitor at...
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kellygrigg
- May 24
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Women’s Aid responds to police recruitment with links to domestic abuse
On 12th May 2023, commenting upon recent reports as to police recruitment with links to domestic abuse, Farah Nazeer, chief executive of...
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kellygrigg
- May 23
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NSPCC undertakes Polling relating to the Online Safety Bill and creation of a Child Online Safety Ad
The Online Safety Bill is to be debated in the House of Lords this week (w/c 15th May 2023) and the NSPCC has conducted a YouGov poll...
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kellygrigg
- May 22
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60/40 DAD: COPING WITH WORK DURING SEPARATION
Going through a separation is one of the hardest things you'll go through in life. Trying to keep on top of your job whilst navigating...
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kellygrigg
- May 19
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Home Office announces new domestic abuse intervention projects worth up to £39 million
The Home Office has given details of how up to £39 million is to be invested to target stalkers and domestic abusers as funding is...
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kellygrigg
- May 16
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HMCTS launches animated video guides to improve support for children going to court as witnesses
As a result of the experiences of children giving evidence in the Crown Court, HMCTS has issued new animated video guides on the HMCTS...
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kellygrigg
- May 15
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NSPCC calls for change to the Online Safety Bill and Refuge describes Level of Technology-Facilitate
The NSPCC have called for amendment of the Online Safety Bill, noting that currently despite being some 260 pages, it makes no reference...
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kellygrigg
- May 14
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Legal language service providers – a guide for family lawyers
Family lawyers increasingly work with clients with family ties and legal documents from all over the world. Supporting clients at some of...
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kellygrigg
- May 13
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CPS Updates Guidance on Controlling Behaviour, including ‘Love Bombing’
On 24 April 2023 the CPS issued updating guidance on controlling behaviour, emphasising the need for prosecutors to closely scrutinise...
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kellygrigg
- May 12
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NEWSMandatory divorce wait shortened for client with life-limiting health issues
The mandatory 20-week ‘cooling off’ period introduced by the government to make the divorce process less acrimonious has been shortened...
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kellygrigg
- May 8
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Can an adult child seek maintenance from their parents?
There have recently been two cases in which adult children have begun court proceedings seeking a formal court order to force their...
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kellygrigg
- May 7
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Parental substance use and family justice: recent research
The majority of care applications in England and Wales are thought to involve some concern about parental substance use. However, there...
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