Family Justice Board statement: Priorities for the family justice system
Read more about the priority actions the Board intends to pursue
Statements
Message from the President of the Family Division
Sir Andrew MacFarlane talks about guidance surrounding the Special Guardianship Order
ABC and others v Telegraph Media Gp – press statement
A spokesman for the Judiciary said: “This statement is to clarify some of the reporting of the case of ABC and others v Telegraph Media Group Ltd. “The decision by the Court of Appeal in ...
Civil Courts Structure Review: Joint statement from the Lord Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls
The senior judiciary has confirmed its endorsement of the final report of the Civil Courts Structure Review, and its support of the recommendations made by Lord Justice Briggs. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas of ...
Statement from the President of the Family Division, Sir James Munby: Cross-examination of vulnerable people
I have been raising since 2014 the pressing need to reform the way in which vulnerable people give evidence in family proceedings. I have made clear my view that the family justice system lags woefully ...
Statement regarding defamation cases
” During the passage of the Bill that became the Defamation Act 2013, Parliament discussed procedural changes to assist with the implementation of the legislation and the policy underlying it. The Civil Procedure Rule Committee ...
Statement by The Hallett Review
On the 12 March 2014 the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – on the recommendation of the Lord Chief Justice – appointed the Right Honourable Lady Justice Hallett DBE to carry out an independent ...