FOCUS OF THE DAY: MoJ funding for paternity testing is 'puzzling', says leading family charity. From September, family court judges in England will be able to order DNA tests to determine a child's parentage, according to the justice minister Simon Hughes. The announcement follows the completion of two pilot programmes in Taunton and Bristol family courts, managed by Oxfordshire Family Mediation and Cafcass, which were set up following anecdotal evidence that courtroom arguments over parentage often led to significant delays in divorce cases. Full story - Solicitors Journal
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- A Review of the previous week's Legal Press - The Sunday Law Review: 8th to 14th February http://t.co/25dirwl9SY
- Pioneering family court to be extended | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/zME3nf9Hmw
- SRA ‘sorry’ for confusion over trainee numbers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/jlNW40T49I
- High Court dismisses legal aid judicial review | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/FL61ymKAIh
- Brain damaged woman awarded £7m compensation | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/eDiE9jRO6y
- Racist Chelsea fans Paris footage examined by UK police http://t.co/ZB1Px9gyF7
- Guantánamo torturer led brutal Chicago police regime of shackling and confession #US http://t.co/mMUD7qduiI
- White House considers swift challenge to judge's immigration ruling #US http://t.co/aDZ4BlncBT
- High court upholds plan to slash on-call legal aid solicitors http://t.co/I7O7yqH94g
- #French court stays extradition of Argentinian accused in 'dirty war' case http://t.co/sYRylS6L8l
- Bad lieutenant: American police brutality, exported from Chicago to Guantánamo #US http://t.co/z5piifufOT
- The judge was right to reunite a child with his EDL-supporting father http://t.co/Klnd4T4Ha4
- LAW FIRM NEWS: BLP lawyer joins competition boutique Hausfeld in mass litigation hiring spree | The Lawyer http://t.co/lNonWOCfWD
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Revenue at Paul Weiss hits $1bn mark in 2014 year-end results | The Lawyer http://t.co/UVIP8O2UWO
- Mental health tribunal pains | Law Gazette http://t.co/b4GNkvyojU
- A judicial eye on bundles: Efforts to reduce the cost of trial bundles are impressing the bench | Law Gazette http://t.co/Q1CRJoAG93
- Emails contradict Police Scotland stop-search claims http://t.co/9QPR2Swl6K
- Banks to allow account access using fingerprint tech http://t.co/2sEd41aVa4
- E-cigarettes to be banned from Scotland hospital grounds http://t.co/fFTSxyJEDl
- Romanian and Bulgarian migration: Rise in workers in UK http://t.co/1aIyf99tOW
- Film shows racist Chelsea fans in Paris Metro preventing black man from boarding train http://t.co/P9lEvdeuto
- #Swiss police raid HSBC's Geneva office http://t.co/GwugcXk0no
- One in five Dutch doctors would help physically healthy patients die #NETHERLANDS http://t.co/7Z1S4PELsq
- Chief prison inspector calls for review of super-jails http://t.co/uxbjc78pUo
- How Google determined our right to be forgotten http://t.co/dgKcRZsO4C
- Firm branding – it might get you in the room but it’s up to you after that | The Lawyer http://t.co/zlNrFGjBgu
- Fountain Court hires in Singapore ahead of London expansion to 39 Essex Street | The Lawyer http://t.co/NcQIvEvn9s
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Germany's Heuking reports 12 per cent revenue rise to €121m | The Lawyer http://t.co/kMWTFp1kXK
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Norton Rose Fulbright re-elects chair Stephen Parish for a third term | The Lawyer http://t.co/iOKJ7zjr69
- LAW FIRM NEWS: MacRoberts builds up construction and real estate team with four DWF partners | The Lawyer http://t.co/ZUCUjZ0tSB
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Clifford Chance's Guy Norman: If we don’t become more efficient, we'll be in difficulties | The Lawyer http://t.co/MyvgD4Uh9G
- Law Society and LCCSA lose judicial review into criminal legal aid reforms | The Lawyer http://t.co/ZRhYtBHKa0
- SRA apologises for trainee ‘confusion’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/Phv7NTJ4k0
- Pioneering family court to go national | Law Gazette http://t.co/AtF2cXhy73
- Blow to legal aid as High Court dismisses judicial review | Law Gazette http://t.co/ACHOYu6pQC
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
- #US hosts anti-extremism summit after global terror attacks http://t.co/cJERX76BpB
- 'Energy firms charge long-term customers more', says inquiry http://t.co/thxJYYJ9Iz
- LSB to call on regulators to make law firms and chambers "accountable" over diversity | Legal Futures http://t.co/S28Pm2gu6k
- SRA apologies for training contract numbers "confusion" | Legal Futures http://t.co/zysb2PHT2K
- Fallout Publisher Sends Legal Threat To Game With 'Fallout' In Title https://t.co/1q85LjnzWY
- Should fox-hunting with dogs be made legal again? Have your say here http://t.co/SeAQ8Ayz3G
- Perth road plan faces human rights challenge http://t.co/0TIEzqj5ji
- Simple pranks - but are they legal? https://t.co/J32AsKrcGY
- Last Angus “legal highs” shop robbed http://t.co/YgSLYgO9zM
- River Thames garden bridge legal challenge to be launched http://t.co/fR6cndxocw
- Channel 4's Ukip docudrama sparks nearly 1,000 complaints http://t.co/1KTj3DwBwn
- Warning over legal highs in jails after emergencies at Bristol prison http://t.co/3lC57mIDwu
- Brain-damaged woman awarded £6.5m by court https://t.co/gR5Emm03tG
- DGHP have produced a new information pack for tenants who make a complaint about a nuisance neighbour https://t.co/Bt0fgeFl77
- Debt-ridden solicitor Peter Ellis Taylor, member of law firm, Ellis Taylor Law LLP struck off https://t.co/j9hBHY2v70
- End of mortgage for Leasehold flat. Do I need a solicitor? https://t.co/jQ2W7lwceW
- Solicitor faces conflict of interest questions over Rebels bikie #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/JqQz6rY3W3
- Deputy Solicitor-General to be GCSB's Acting Director #NEWZEALAND https://t.co/dYeaBef2mZ
- Shamed Northumberland lawyer Frances Louise Brough struck off following hearing of Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal http://t.co/uinbfHmIOc
- Australian lawyers accused of hiding client money from authorities | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/R6DGVvDYk8
- A&O loses corporate duo to Clayton Utz | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/haPxCgp6qL
- UK could start eBay model of civil dispute resolution by 2017 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/N3iVgRXY5D
- Uria Mendenez figures indicate Spanish turnaround | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/kb1QmoN57g
- Bakers sued for alleged aggressive tax avoidance | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/uA6waTdvrP
- General counsel should aim to be socio-political | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/AsCj2vUKR3
- Eversheds targets Big Four consultancy work | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/W59ehCbyKr
- Counterfeit websites removed by UK police | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/1lFW4vbKN1
- The most dangerous job in sport? Englishman Andy Moles in charge of the #AFGHANISTAN cricket team http://t.co/6OgPCN9co2
- Bath truck crash: Teenage driver arrested over deaths http://t.co/iIzMKBgmkr
- Omagh bombing: trial of Real IRA suspect Seamus Daly will go ahead http://t.co/bwDL3jPr2D
- Judge criticises council after toddler taken into care over father's links to English Defence League http://t.co/Kp7KqXk0Za
- Mother 'killed drunk son by squirting morphine into his mouth' http://t.co/Zgc6SwgHQI
- 'UK's vainest man' faces prison after creating web page claiming ex-girlfriend was prostitute http://t.co/SaaSrEUYGr
- Terror suspect 'tried to buy enough ricin to poison 100 people' http://t.co/AUcskCP6Sf
- Care home murder victim 'loved life and was devoted to family' http://t.co/0Ec1fajE4f
- Roman Polanski to attend #Polish hearing to consider extradition to US http://t.co/Pbj7KS8rp7
- Aer Lingus hit by £40m damages claim by Belfast International airport http://t.co/YTiaB38sxC
- Courts to order DNA testing to cut courtroom battles | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/LwvkLs6ZEe
- Slater and Gordon launch advertising assault round two | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/4vK5yckpiK
- Lawyer is fourth most desirable job, says YouGov | The Lawyer http://t.co/jVPA1f01zc
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Clifford Chance reports increase in cash from £103m to £110m | The Lawyer http://t.co/Lb4e3klEkl
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters moves 10 financial processes staff to Warsaw after outsourcing contract ends | The Lawyer http://t.co/I522Soe1Yw
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Shearman, Slaughters and SullCrom advise on Fairfax takeover of Brit | The Lawyer http://t.co/vuVgbhC1Qb
- Criminal legal aid judgment tomorrow | Law Gazette http://t.co/7G5K2CRwuB
- Anonymity breakthrough in personal injury claims | Law Gazette http://t.co/dUj7KUbiF6
- Challenge to domestic violence legal aid ruling | Law Gazette http://t.co/lpkXiIo4Vm
- Criminal legal aid judgment ‘imminent’ – reports | Law Gazette http://t.co/pqNQh35wh8
