The family court transparency pilots now encompass public and private law cases in the magistrates’ court across all 19 pilot areas. From 4 November 2024, accredited media may now report on such proceedings, subject to strict conditions on anonymity. Magistrates will make transparency orders limiting what can be reported. Practitioners should also note that the …
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This case involved a family, two farms and promises made to one of the sons that he would inherit a farm. His parents (both now deceased) bought both farms during their marriage and owned them in equal shares. After agricultural college, RA worked with his parents in their farming business, overseeing operations at one of …
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On 30 October 2024 the SRA released its AML Annual Report 2023-24 and it should be required reading for all SRA regulated firms. In the last year the SRA has submitted 23 suspicious activity reports, performed 237 proactive inspections and 258 desk-based reviews, and brought enforcement action against a combined total of 78 firms and …
In a fact-finding hearing in care proceedings involving three children, the trial judge correctly placed M within the pool of perpetrators of injuries that had been inflicted on the youngest child. She had been unable to decide on balance whether M or her partner had inflicted the injuries. Both of them were found to have …
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