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		<title>Where have all the parents gone?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MichaelRobinson]]></dc:creator>
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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>Lifebelts and Litigants-in-Person</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MichaelRobinson]]></dc:creator>
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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>Legal aid cuts, litigants-in-person, and exceptional funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 06:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MichaelRobinson]]></dc:creator>
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		<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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