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Written Ministerial Statement made by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women, Equalities and Family Justice, Caroline Dinenage.
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Update on investigation into faulty online form used in divorce proceedings.
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Written Ministerial Statement made by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women, Equalities and Family Justice, Caroline Dinenage.
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Family Justice Minister Caroline Dinenage today addressed the third annual Family Justice and Young People’s Board Voice of the Child conference.
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Bereaved families will be the focus of proposed new cremation rules and a review of out-of-hours coroner services announced today by Justice Minister Caroline Dinenage.
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Children will have a greater say in family court cases, Justice Minister Simon Hughes announced as he addressed the Family Justice Young People’s Board.
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DNA tests in family courts will be provided across England from later this year, Justice Minister Simon Hughes has announced.
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Millions of pounds will be spent supporting witnesses through the court system with the award of a new grant.
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More separating couples will benefit from free mediation from 3 November, Simon Hughes has announced.
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Draft amendments to guidance to prepare for changes to family mediation funding.
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New national standards designed to raise the quality of expert witness evidence in family court cases and speed up proceedings become law.
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Simon Hughes' speech on 'Mediation: a central part of family justice'.
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The true sign of a civilised family justice system is to have more people resolve disputes outside the courts, Justice Minister Simon Hughes said today.
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Couples should avoid confrontational courtroom battles and use mediation as more free sessions will be funded by Government, Family Justice Minister Simon Hughes has announced.
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Simon Hughes' speech to the Family Justice Young People's Board 'Voice of the Child' conference.
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Children will be given a greater voice in the family justice system so they can tell judges how they feel and what they think about the family disputes they are involved in.
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Lord Faulks QC's keynote speech at the Civil Mediation Conference on 22 May 2014.
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Children will be better protected under new plans to update child cruelty law, Justice Minister Damian Green announced today.
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Disputes should be kept away from court and resolved using better, quicker and more efficient ways, Justice Minister Lord Faulks declared today.
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The architect of the major reforms which put children at the heart of the family justice system has been reappointed as chair of the Family Justice Board (FJB).
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