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Your search for 'child support agency' returned 51 results.
2 Dec 09
Chair for pilot child abuse forum appointed
Tom Shaw to lead forum for survivors of child abuse in residential care
20 Aug 09
Government to strengthen child protection procedures
Move follows recommendations from review into death of Dundee toddler
13 Mar 06
Child support: lobby the review
A note of the main features of the Child Support Agency's operational improvement plan and a plea to solicitors to make representations to the strategic review
20 Feb 09
MacAskill outlines Criminal Justice and Licensing Bill
Justice Secretary pledges greater support for victims of crime
8 Nov 05
CSA presses for tagging powers
Row over whether Agency doing enough to collect child support arrears
20 Jun 07
Mother fails in bid to sue the CSA
Court of Appeal rules that no common law duty of care owed by Child Support Agency
19 Nov 07
Computer says no
An update on the latest proposals to reform the Child Support Agency
15 Sep 08
Regime change
What will change, and what will not, as the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission takes over from the Child Support Agency
13 Feb 06
Catch-up or patch-up?
Proposes reforms to the Child Support Agency will only succeed if they can bring the interests of the children concerned to the forefront
26 Jan 09
Government to set up new child protection unit
Multi-agency resource will provide centre of expertise and good practice
1 Aug 04
Tangle o' the Isles
The Isles decision precluding recourse to the Child Support Agency where there is a registered minute of agreement has been questioned in the Outer House
1 Mar 02
Simplifying the maintenance formula
Summary of changes to child support system taking effect from April 2002
25 Jul 06
Tougher replacement for CSA proposed
New agency could see fathers named and shamed for repeated non-payment
21 Jun 05
Hearings shakeup for youngsters in need
Executive proposes new grounds for referral and tighter procedures to curb child offenders
21 Feb 07
Internet disclosure for missing sex offenders
But Executive declines to allow entry without warrant where child goes missing
13 Nov 06
The importance of kinship care
Opinion column advocating that care involving the wider family is always considered before a child is separated from its parents
29 Mar 06
Bill will allow unmarried couples to adopt
Permanence orders and more support for families to be introduced in overhaul of law
20 Aug 07
Family cases: another view
A family law practitioner takes a different position to the views expressed in the July article on the best way to resolve disputes over child care
11 Dec 06
Contact breakers
Roger Mackenzie surveys family lawyers' views on how to enforce contact orders; John Fotheringham highlights a provision that may help to win some financial support
11 Jan 10
Children may miss out on maintenance, survey finds
Ignorance of options revealed as new advice service launches
16 Jan 06
CSA mistakes cost £10 million
New figures reveal extent of compensation paid out to parents
4 Jan 06
CSA tagging idea gains momentum
Government considers tagging absent fathers as part of CSA overhaul
9 Feb 06
Total remodel of CSA to come
Interim measures announced as out-going council chief asked to design new system by the summer
6 Feb 06
CSA set to avoid the chop
Minister concerned at disruption to current cases
22 Apr 09
Legal scheme coming for children in care
Regulations under Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act scheduled for September
28 Oct 05
Refusal to pay CSA brings driving ban
Sheriff orders six month disqualification as sanction for non-payment
13 Jan 05
VIA service now nationwide
Victim Information and Advice national rollout completed on schedule
8 Sep 08
Govan LC spreads the word to Africa
Mike Dailly on mission to set up continent's first law centre in Cameroon
14 Mar 05
Vital voices
Briefing by the Victims and Witnesses Unit on key features of the Vulnerable Witnesses Act; plus interview with Raymond McMenamin of the Criminal Law Committee and comment from SCRA and Children 1st
17 Mar 08
CSR takes centre stage
As the Society-sponsored CSR Firm of the Year is announced at the Scottish Legal Awards, the Society launches a web resource to help increase solicitors' involvement
19 Nov 07
The law and the forum
Opinion that family lawyers should continue the public sharing of ideas in order to achieve the most effective methods of dispute resolution
1 Nov 03
The beginning of the end
Some golden rules to ensure that a negotiated financial settlement is translated into an effective and problem-free separation agreement
11 Dec 06
Twin-tracking law reform
The most significant features of the Queen's Speech as affecting Scots law, and the Society's position on the bills in question
16 Aug 10
Smoothing the path
How the Civil Legal Assistance Offices work alongside private practices, and other agencies, to improve the availability of legal advice
1 May 00
Children's hearings system and European Convention
Principal Reporter to the Children's Administration welcomes the chance to re-examine the children's panel system in light of the challenges presented by the European Convention
1 Apr 02
Changes in special educational needs
The role of Enquire, the national advice service for special educational needs in Scotland
9 Mar 05
ASBOs and young people
What to look for when acting for a young person facing an antisocial behaviour order application
13 Feb 06
Still waters run deep
President's message: A quiet month engagement-wise belies the work that continues at the Society on important issues facing the profession
16 May 05
Unintended effects?
The proposed reduction in separation periods prior to divorce could produce hardship unless further steps are taken
1 Jun 04
Hearing a new tale
As the Executive undertakes a fundamental review of the children's hearing system, some of those with inside knowledge of the system comment on whether it works well
1 Oct 00
Act permeates all types of practice
Practitioners across a wide spectrum are asked what they think is the major change likely in their area due to the Human Rights Convention
19 Mar 07
Four in one
Report on this year's Annual Conference of the Society, which covered four separate practice areas at the same time under one roof
1 Sep 02
Distinction between threatened and completed wrong
Latest civil cases, including jurisdiction; arrestment; time to pay directions; sist; decrees by default; appeals; family actions
11 Dec 06
Abuse in the system
The experience of the Glasgow pilot domestic abuse court in its first two years, and its prospects for reducing the risk of offending behaviour
15 Jan 07
On the radar
A roundup of legal news with a technology flavour
11 Apr 05
Appropriate dispute resolution
This paper, given to the Four Jurisdictions Conference in Nice this year, discusses how family law can make a difference for the better by careful choice of the most suitable method of resolution
1 Sep 01
Human Rights Act one year on
Survey of views on what impact the Act has had in its first year of operation
12 Feb 07
Hearing and answering
Interview with Lord Advocate Elish Angiolini QC, covering changes within the prosecution service and the constitutional position of the Lord Advocate
1 Aug 02
In praise of rote learning
In the rush to embrace modern teaching and training methods, the traditional merits of learning for written exams should not be hastily dismissed
18 Jul 05
Gordon giveth and Gordon taketh away
First half of two part article on the 2005 Budget and Finance Acts, looking at personal and company taxation
15 May 06
The pendulum swings
Response from the profession and others to the Legal Profession Bill, including the Society's professional advice on human rights compliance, and Master Policy implications
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