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26 February 2009 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7358 / Categories: Legal News , Divorce , Child law , Family
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Just the ticket

Family

The Family Proceedings (Allocation to Judiciary) Directions 2009 [2009] All ER (D) 98 (Feb) which catch non-family proceedings court cases started after 15 February 2009 (and also apply, so far as practicable, to previously started proceedings) limit the jurisdiction of district judges without a private family law ticket and deputy district judges. They cannot touch an application under the Children Act 1989 unless relief is sought without notice, no ticketed judge is available and the order is limited in time until hearing before a ticketed judge.

Issue: 7358 / Categories: Legal News , Divorce , Child law , Family
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Commercial and technology practice boosted by team hire

NEWS
Pathfinder courts—renamed ‘Child focused courts’—are to be rolled out nationally, following a successful pilot where backlogs halved and cases were resolved up to seven and a half months faster
The Court of Appeal has unanimously dismissed a £385,000 costs order against a father, in a case that centred on what is required to meet the threshold of ‘reprehensible or unreasonable’ behaviour
Centuries-old burial laws would be overhauled, under Law Commission proposals to address the burgeoning problem of shortage of cemetery space
The government has committed an extra £32m to women’s charities and services tackling addiction, trauma, abuse and homelessness
The Financial Ombudsman is poised for major reform to return it to a simple, impartial dispute resolution service
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