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		<title>New interim regulations related to domestic violence and evidence for legal aid</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2016 16:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MichaelRobinson]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2 years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5 years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[60 months]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[april 2016]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fmg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[may 2016]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evidence is required to help secure legal aid funding for victims of domestic violence in private family proceedings. Interim changes are currently being introduced to regulations which relate to this evidence, pending a final decision by the Government (so there may be further changes). These interim regulations include: The time limit for the validity of&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Where have all the parents gone?</title>
		<link>http://thecustodyminefield.com/where-have-all-the-parents-gone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MichaelRobinson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal Aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Litigants-in-Person]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hmcts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chief Executive of Her Majesty&#8217;s Courts and Tribunal Service announced this week that litigants-in-person “have not actually increased the court budget or the demands on the court”.  Some have suggested more unrepresented people have not lengthened proceedings as a whole. I thought I&#8217;d have a look at the actual statistics and contemplate what that&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Survey for male victims of domestic violence &#8211; Please take part</title>
		<link>http://thecustodyminefield.com/survey-for-male-victims-of-domestic-violence-please-take-part/</link>
		<comments>http://thecustodyminefield.com/survey-for-male-victims-of-domestic-violence-please-take-part/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2015 11:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MichaelRobinson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[both parents matter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fnf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fnf cymru]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[men]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been asked to share details of a survey on for male victims of domestic violence and we&#8217;d be very grateful if you&#8217;d take part (your responses will be anonymous): Evidencing Domestic Violence: Men, Legal Aid and family disputes &#8216;Domestic Violence&#8217; (DV) is defined by the UK Government as any incident or pattern of incidents&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Growth in Applications for Non-Molestation Orders: Spotlight on the South of England</title>
		<link>http://thecustodyminefield.com/the-growth-in-applications-for-non-molestation-orders-spotlight-on-the-south-of-england/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2015 14:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MichaelRobinson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal Aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non Molestation Orders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non molestation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non mols]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[south east]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[south of england]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[statistics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week we published data for the Midlands and North West, received from a Freedom of Information Act request to the Ministry of Justice concerning non-molestation orders and applications made under civil legal aid. We suspected that applications might have increased since the introduction of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Non-Molestation Orders and Legal Aid &#8211; Time for Investigation</title>
		<link>http://thecustodyminefield.com/non-molestation-orders-and-legal-aid-time-for-investigation/</link>
		<comments>http://thecustodyminefield.com/non-molestation-orders-and-legal-aid-time-for-investigation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2015 20:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MichaelRobinson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal Aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non Molestation Orders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[england and wales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lapso]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[midlands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non molestation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[order]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thecustodyminefield.com/?p=624</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2013 the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishments of Offenders Act (LAPSO), came into force. One area of law affected was private family work, with legal aid being cut with the exception of cases where domestic violence was alleged. There were concerns that this might prompt a rise in false allegations as a means to&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The End of the Human Rights Act? Be very afraid</title>
		<link>http://thecustodyminefield.com/the-end-of-the-human-rights-be-very-afraid/</link>
		<comments>http://thecustodyminefield.com/the-end-of-the-human-rights-be-very-afraid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2015 14:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MichaelRobinson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bill of rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris grayling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning difficulties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[president of the family court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sir james munby]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the Law Society expressed an intention to lobby the Government to reverse plans to abolish the Human Rights Act. Some of the more right wing press would have you believe that the Human Rights Act is an evil, foisted upon us by Brussels. It&#8217;s purpose portrayed as allowing terrorists and would be terrorists to&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Lifebelts and Litigants-in-Person</title>
		<link>http://thecustodyminefield.com/lifebelts-and-litigants-in-person/</link>
		<comments>http://thecustodyminefield.com/lifebelts-and-litigants-in-person/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2015 00:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MichaelRobinson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal Aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Litigants-in-Person]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appeal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal aid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[litigants-in-person]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[skeleton argument]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a busy week of helping litigants-in-person, there was finally the chance to watch the Panorama programme on how litigants-in-person have been affected by legal aid cuts. What points came from that programme? Nothing surprising to those involved in supporting people through the family court. Ken Clarke and the Government out-of-touch, and light on empathy,&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>BBC Panorama &#8211; Problems for Litigants in Person</title>
		<link>http://thecustodyminefield.com/bbc-panorama-problems-for-litigants-in-person/</link>
		<comments>http://thecustodyminefield.com/bbc-panorama-problems-for-litigants-in-person/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2015 19:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MichaelRobinson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal Aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Litigants-in-Person]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bbc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[in-person]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lip]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you missed the Panorama programme last night, you can still view it here. Is it news? Not really. The problems existed years ago for those who couldn&#8217;t afford a solicitor, and who didn&#8217;t qualify for legal aid. The difference today is simply there are more people affected following further cuts. Unlike the Government, whose&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Legal aid cuts, litigants-in-person, and exceptional funding</title>
		<link>http://thecustodyminefield.com/legal-aid-cuts-litigants-in-person-and-exceptional-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://thecustodyminefield.com/legal-aid-cuts-litigants-in-person-and-exceptional-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 06:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MichaelRobinson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal Aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Litigants-in-Person]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cross-examination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[experts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interpreter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[K and H (Children: unrepresented father: cross-examination of child) [2015] EWFC 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[litigants-in-person]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Q v Q; Re B; Re C [2014] EWFC 31]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[translation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thecustodyminefield.com/?p=350</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The court has been left with the unenviable task of finding solutions to the problem of cuts in legal aid. The court must act within the law, and while administering the law, meet its legal obligation to uphold an unrepresented party&#8217;s right to a fair hearing and respect for their family life. Those obligations derive&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Government help for separating parents&#8230; does not compute</title>
		<link>http://thecustodyminefield.com/government-help-for-separating-parents-does-not-compute/</link>
		<comments>http://thecustodyminefield.com/government-help-for-separating-parents-does-not-compute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2015 16:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MichaelRobinson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guidance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Litigants-in-Person]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family law guides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sorting our separation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We thought we&#8217;d have a look at other resources online today. We tried the Government&#8217;s flagship &#8220;Sorting Out Separation Guide&#8220;. Things didn&#8217;t go well. Firstly&#8230; we thought we&#8217;d be Dad, prevented from seeing his children after separation, needing information about what to do. Hopeful, we hit the button, and this was the results page&#8230; Maybe&#8230;]]></description>
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