Changes to the Mental Health Tribunal Process
The old rule 34 required the medical member to conduct a pre-hearing examination of all patients detained under the Mental ...
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12, 2014
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11, 2014
Creighton & Partners included in Chambers 2015 Guide
The Chambers 2015 legal directory has been published and we are happy to announce that Creighton & Partners have been ...
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09, 2014
Home Office consultation launched on strengthening the law on...
The consultation is to focus on whether there should be a new specific offence that captures patterns of coercive and ...
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09, 2014
The Court’s approach to habitual residence of children subject...
Re F (A Child) [2014] EWCA Civ 789 concerned an appeal by a Father whose daughter was the subject of ...
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09, 2014
Re KP (A Child) [2014] EWCA Civ 554
The original proceedings concerned an application under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction by the ...
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09, 2014
Government to offer free family mediation sessions?
In April 2013 the Government implemented substantial legal aid reforms. In addition to the financial eligibility criteria, they placed an ...
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06, 2014
The Children And Families Act 2014 – Changes to...
1. MIAMS From 22 April 2014, it will be compulsory for any person seeking to make a ‘relevant family application’ ...
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05, 2014
The Children And Families Act 2014 – Changes to...
The principle changes as a result of the Children and Families Act 2014 to public law can be summarised as ...
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04, 2014
Resolving Public Law Children Care Cases in 26 weeks
The rule applies save in exceptional circumstances, focusing the courts on the core issue of determining whether the child should ...
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03, 2014
The Court of Appeal Clarifies (Civil) Law on Capacity...
The case before Sir Brian Leveson P and his fellow Justices in the Court of Appeal regarded LM a 41 ...
