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- Figures revealed in ONS release News, 08/12/2016, free
- Husband's application to appeal a non-molestation order against him and an occupation order in respect of the parties' matrimonial home. Application dismissed. Judgment, 05/12/2016, free
- Up 50% on same period in 2015 News, 30/09/2016, free
- Order forbidding the mother from removing the child, who was the subject of child arrangement proceedings, from the jurisdiction. Mr Justice Mostyn was especially critical of an ex-parte non-molestation order made by a DJ in clear violation of the President's Practice Guidance of 13 October 2014: "Family Court - Duration of Ex Parte (Without Notice) Orders." Judgment, 13/09/2016, free
- Changes introduced by Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 News, 21/04/2016, free
- Paper on background, availability and operation of legal aid in domestic abuse published by the House of Commons library staff News, 14/04/2016, free
- Appeal by the charity Rights of Women against the Divisional Court’s refusal to quash Regulation 33 of the Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations 2012 which the appellant claimed introduces more restrictive criteria for eligibility for legal aid for victims of domestic violence than those found in LASPO 2012, in particular the requirement that the supporting evidence must be less than 24 months old. The appeal was allowed and Regulation 13 as regards the 24 month requirement was declared invalid. Judgment, 18/02/2016, free
- Figures released by the ONS in their bulletin: Violent crime and sexual offences in England and Wales: financial year ending 2015 News, 11/02/2016, free
- Described as "essential reading for all solicitors, practice managers and legal support staff, particularly if you do not act for vulnerable clients on a regular basis." News, 08/07/2015, free
- Father was seeking to re-open matters which had been concluded against him after finding new evidence. The President dismissed the applications, saying "There is nothing of substance in any of the new materials, the recently discovered documents, which in any way impinges on the various orders which the father now seeks to challenge. In major part, the arguments he has put before me simply replicate arguments which the court has considered and rejected on previous occasions. Insofar as he is able to rely upon new materials, recently discovered documents, they take him nowhere." Judgment, 23/04/2015, free