Essex Police civil disclosure service was launched on 1 April 2024. 'Disclosure' is when a request is made for documentation or information held by the Police. This could be for the purposes of court proceedings - often needed in proceedings about families where there are allegations of domestic …
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Transparency Pilot comes to the RCJ
The RCJ comes into the Financial Remedies transparency pilot on 11 November. Broadly, if the media/legal bloggers attend, the court will make a Transparency Order which restricts identification of the parties and their specific financial instruments but otherwise allows the media to report …
Day to day care and child maintenance
Child maintenance is a tricky area. The regulations are multiple and complex. We do not get many cases reported but we have recently had a very interesting case from the Upper Tribunal. When dealing with child maintenance, one of the key 'issues' is very often the overnight stay …