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Constitutional Reform Bill [HL] (1819 words) |
 | In subsection (9)(a) for “the President of the Family Division and the Vice- |
| Chancellor,” substitute “the President of the Queen’s Bench Division, the |
| President of the Family Division and the Chancellor of the High Court,”. |
| SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Society | A family row (1162 words) |
| The tightly-knit world of family law is still reeling from last week's announcement that a former commercial court judge, with no experience of the workings of the high court's family division, is to be handed the job of running it. |
| The president of the family division is appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of the prime minister, but the candidate is, in effect, chosen by the lord chancellor. |
| Family judges themselves accept that, while there is no judicial bias against fathers, the system for dealing with disputes between parents over contact with their children has in-built flaws which need to be rectified. |
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