The King promises new government will increase policing power and improve support for victims at state opening of parliament
At the state opening of parliament today, the King announced in his speech to ‘halve violence against women and girls’ alongside legislation to improve policing power and improved victim support. MPs made their way to the House of Peers from the commons today to attend King Charles and Queen Camilla for the King’s second speech […]
Journalists can now report on private law children matters in 16 courts
Court reporting has been extended to enable accredited media and legal bloggers to report on private family law court cases across 16 courts in England and Wales. A pilot launched in January 2023 initially allowed public law cases to be reported on in Cardiff, Leeds, and Carlisle in what was at the time described as […]
King’s Speech ‘missed opportunity’ for cohabitation reform
Family practitioners will be disappointed by the absence of cohabitation reform in King’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament. Hopes reform might have been dampened by the brief inclusion of cohabitation reform in the Labour party manifesto and were all but extinguished, in the short term at least, by the absence of reform from […]
Legal Services Consumer Panel survey found that a third of clients ‘do not trust’ their legal services provider to handle a complaint
Today the Legal Services Consumer Panel released the results of it’s 2024 Tracker Survey reports on how consumers are utilising legal services. The survey found that a third (33 per cent) of clients wouldn’t trust their service provider to handle a complaint ‘properly’ with a further 28 per cent concerned that complaining would ‘affect their […]
Stalking and sex offences excluded as Shabana Mahmood rolls out new prison scheme
Last week Lord Chancellor, Shabana Mahmood released detail of proposals for release of some prisoners after serving 40% of their sentence (as opposed to 50%). In a Press Release, the Ministry of Justice stated: “With only hundreds of places left in the adult male estate, prisons have been routinely operating at over 99 percent capacity […]
The Solicitors’ Charity’s Big Report shows ‘disproportionately’ high demand from diverse ethnicities.
The Solicitors’ Charity’s Big Report has shown an increase in demand for their support with a disproportionately high demand from diverse ethnicities. The 2024 report has also shown a 33 per cent increase in number of solicitors supported by the organisation and wellbeing support to clients totalling £972,064 after a rising demand for wellbeing support led […]
What is a private domestic abuse advisor?
Caroline Glass is private domestic abuse advisor having worked extensively throughout her career with those impacted by domestci abuse. She had been part of the charity Refuge and was also an Independent Domestic Abuse Advisor (IDVA) in Lambeth. She has since decided to become a private advisor and joins the latest Today’s Family Lawyer Podcast […]