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0191 263 6200Integrated criminal and domestic abuse courts to be trialled
Help & Advice by Hollie BurnhamSpecial domestic abuse courts where criminal offences are heard alongside family law cases will be set up under a £5 million trial, with more details to be shortly announced by […]
Civil and Family courts to go virtual amid Coronavirus crisis – Lord Chief Justice
Help & Advice by Hollie BurnhamLord Burnett, the Lord Chief Justice has announced that remote working is to become the norm in the civil and family courts in his latest update on the Coronavirus outbreak. […]
Highways England worker awarded £74,000 for sexual harassment
Help & Advice by Hollie BurnhamA tribunal has awarded a Highways England trainee £74,000 for sexual harassment after her boss sent her semi-naked selfies along with over 2,000 text messages after taking her mobile phone […]
Court of Appeal to livestream family cases for the first time
Help & Advice by Hollie BurnhamThe government and senior members of the judiciary are to ‘bring the public gallery into the 21st century’ as part of new plans to livestream family court cases following a […]
NSPCC reports increase in referrals of children living with domestic abuse
Help & Advice by Hollie BurnhamChild protection charity NSPCC has reported a 25% rise in calls relating to children witnessing domestic abuse. The charity has said that its helpline referred 6,642 concerns about domestic abuse […]
DWP ‘shocked’ by its own record on disability discrimination
Help & Advice by Hollie BurnhamA BBC Panorama investigation has found that the Department for Work and Pensions has lost more employment tribunal cases for disability discrimination in Britain than any other employer since 2016. […]
Domestic Abuse Bill back on parliamentary agenda
Help & Advice by Hollie BurnhamThe latest version of the Domestic Abuse Bill is due to be reintroduced to Parliament, and could see abusers take lie detector tests on release from prison if they are […]
Funding announced for Family Drug and Alcohol Courts in the North East
Help & Advice by Hollie BurnhamFamily Drug and Alcohol Courts (FDAC) could soon be introduced in conjunction with Newcastle, Gateshead and North Tyneside councils to work with parents who are at risk of having their […]
Tribunal rules whistleblower NHS nurse was unfairly dismissed
Help & Advice by Hollie BurnhamClinical care co-ordinator Linda Fairhall was unfairly sacked after almost 40 years of service and an ‘unblemished’ record, an employment tribunal in Teesside has found. In its judgment, the panel […]
DWP ordered to pay £400,000 for race and age discrimination
Help & Advice by Hollie BurnhamA woman will receive a payout of almost £400,000 from the Department for Work and Pensions after winning a claim for age and race discrimination. A Judge at Cardiff Magistrates […]