The problems facing the family justice system are due not so much to the rise in family breakdowns as to the family courts' declining authority in the past 20 years, a senior family judge has said.
We're nearly in December, when I will cease harrumphing every time I see Christmas decorations in shop windows or hear another cheesy festive tune emanating from the radio. It's just as well that I will have dropped the bah humbug attitude by then, as in keeping with tradition my firm has opted to have our office Christmas party at the start of the month.
Gareth Mitchell considers personal budgets, meeting eligible community care needs, the disability equality duty and aftercare services under the Mental Health Act
Bryan Nott examines the judicial review on the handling of payment protection insurance complaints, the regulations on cancelling contracts and a case on a Bentley breaching the Supply of Goods Act
