judges

• Divorce to be taken out of the hands of Judges?
  Posted on May 2, 2014 by Angela Lally
  This week Sir James Munby, the head of the family court, stated that consideration should be given to the process of divorce being dealt with by a “registrar of births, deaths, marriages and divorce” rather than by Judges and for there to be an introduction of “no-fault” divorce. The comments, which also included suggestions that the injustice faced by cohabiting couples should be tackled, come on the back of the reform of the family justice system which came into effect on 22nd April which brought into being the single Family Court.
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  Posted in: divorce, family law
  Tagged: divorce, judges, family law
• Law for all?
  Posted on February 28, 2013 by Louise Restell
  Sometimes I think people forget what the law is for. There are lawyers, I am afraid to say, who think the law is there so they can make a living, a very good one in some cases. Government ministers seem to think it is either a drain on the public purse or a means through which liberal trouble makers can block or upset their policy initiatives. And some newspaper columnists seem to think it’s only for the educated.
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  Posted in: justice system, courts
  Tagged: Vicky Pryce, juries, courts, legalese, legal jargon, jurors, lawyers, judges
• Is self representation the legal equivalent of a DIY appendectomy?
  Posted on December 5, 2012 by Louise Restell
  Would you rather represent yourself in court or perform your own appendectomy? It sounds like a fairly straightforward question and at first thought, and quite possibly second and third thoughts as well, most of us would plump for representing ourselves in court: there is, arguably, less blood, less pain and less chance of death.
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  Posted in: courts, justice system
  Tagged: litigants in person, self surgery, legal aid cuts, judges, courts, US courts