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  • Carla Hull launches new family law practice

    04/07/2008

    One of Birmingham’s leading divorce lawyers has struck out on her own with the launch of family law practice Carla Hull Solicitors. Carla Hull (left) with her husband Ad...view full story

  • Sharia law should be used in Britain, says UK's top judge

    04/07/2008

    The Lord Chief Justice's endorsement of Sharia law has already created huge controversy The most senior judge in England yesterday gave his blessing to the use of sharia...view full story

  • Skunk smokers 18 times more likely to be psychotic

    04/07/2008

    People who use super-strength skunk cannabis are 18 times more likely to suffer a psychotic episode than those who smoke milder forms of the drug, research has shown. Ne...view full story

  • Skunk smokers 18 times more likely to be psychotic

    04/07/2008

    People who use super-strength skunk cannabis are 18 times more likely to suffer a psychotic episode than those who smoke milder forms of the drug, research has shown. Ne...view full story

  • New psychiatry chief slams squalid conditions of mental health hospitals

    04/07/2008

    Human rights and race equality groups have applauded the public condemnation of the squalid conditions of acute mental health wards by The Royal College of Psychiatry's n...view full story

  • Microsoft releases OOXML-to-HTML translator

    04/07/2008

    Microsoft on Monday unveiled projects to improve data portability between Office 2007 and other document file formats, reports a story on Linxworld.  It released the des...view full story

  • Legal eagles join Chorley law firm

    17/06/2008

    A Lancashire legal firm has appointed two new partners in its Chorley office.
    Helen Shirbon has joined Forbes Solicitors as a member of the family team and special...view full story

  • New help for domestic violence victims success

    17/06/2008

    More than 50 calls have been made to a new scheme in Cambridgeshire which allows victims to bring injunctions against their abusers more quickly.
    The National Cent...view full story

  • Children Treated For Addiction To Phones

    17/06/2008

    Two Spanish children are being treated for addiction to their mobile phones - and the clinic says it could take up to a year for them to recover.
    The children, age...view full story

  • Time to check wills are accurate

    12/06/2008

    Thousands of wills could need updating as rising care and nursing fees force the elderly to sell their assets to pay for care, the Law Society is warning.
    It has b...view full story

  • Time to check wills are accurate

    12/06/2008

    Thousands of wills could need updating as rising care and nursing fees force the elderly to sell their assets to pay for care, the Law Society is warning.
    It has b...view full story

  • Solicitors willing to help Prospect

    11/06/2008

    Solicitors in Swindon have signed up to a scheme to raise vital cash for Wroughton's Prospect Hospice.
    For the next month Andrews Martin, on Commercial Road, is of...view full story

  • Scientists Launch Major Study Into Depression

    09/06/2008

    Depression will affect up to 25% of the population at some point in their lives. It also has been shown to have a strong genetic component. For example, if one of your cl...view full story

  • RCP: Launch of new report: 'Psychological Therapies in Psychiatry and Primary Care'

    09/06/2008

    Psychological Therapies in Psychiatry and Primary Care is the title of a new report from the Royal College of Psychiatrists in partnership with the Royal College of Gener...view full story

  • Assessing Risk: A Report on the Family Justice Council Annual Seminar

    09/06/2008

    The highly successful London Family Justice Council's Seminar was held in April where 300 delegates who work in Family Justice attended. Delegates ranged from members of ...view full story

  • Assessing Risk: A Report on the Family Justice Council Annual Seminar

    09/06/2008

    The highly successful London Family Justice Council's Seminar was held in April where 300 delegates who work in Family Justice attended. Delegates ranged from members of ...view full story

  • Pannone adds two partners

    05/06/2008

    Manchester-based law firm Pannone has appointed two new partners to its personal injury department. Kate Wild joins Pannone from Simpson Millar’s Manchester office, wher...view full story

  • Singers Defence Hit Hard In Experts' Testimonies

    05/06/2008

    A video forensics expert has shattered US singer R. Kelly's defence in his child pornography trial after matching a mole on the singer's back to that of the man in the se...view full story

  • Bottling it up 'can ease trauma'

    05/06/2008

    People who do not talk about traumatic experiences can fare better than those who "let it all out", say researchers. The University at Buffalo study compared the progres...view full story

  • Classes for the sake of the kids

    05/06/2008

    Sometimes divorcing parents don't realise the effect they are having on their children until they see someone else going through the same thing, according to divorce expe...view full story

  • Aston Villa forgoes lucrative shirt sponsorship to promote charity

    05/06/2008

    Aston Villa is forgoing a lucrative shirt sponsor to promote a children's charity. The Premier League club has followed the lead of FC Barcelona's free tie-up with UNICE...view full story

  • Pay difference' found between male and female lawyers

    29/05/2008

    Male professionals in the legal sector earn more money on average than their female colleagues, new research has revealed.
    In fact, female solicitors take home &po...view full story

  • Child protection experts head to China

    29/05/2008

    A British-based charity is sending child protection experts to China in an attempt to help young people cope with the trauma caused by the earthquake, it was announced to...view full story

  • Live Translation in deal coup

    29/05/2008

    A Yorkshire translation company has secured a deal with software giant Microsoft to deliver the world's first real-time translation service powered by professional transl...view full story

  • Older Brain Really May Be a Wiser Brain

    21/05/2008

    When older people can no longer remember names at a cocktail party, they tend to think that their brainpower is declining. But a growing number of studies suggest that th...view full story

  • Cannabis ruling condemned by drugs experts

    09/05/2008

    Cannabis is to have its classification raised by the UK government from a class C drug -- to class B.
    It will bring with it a higher jail term of five years for u...view full story

  • School children 'depressed and anxious'

    30/04/2008

    A new report has highlighted the fact that many school children are suffering mental health problems.
    The Good Children Inquiry, commissioned by the Children's Soc...view full story

  • Scottish Solicitors to deliver verdict on future of profession

    29/04/2008

    AGM to debate 'Tesco law' plans
    Solicitors are being asked to carefully consider a new policy paper on the future direction of the legal profession in Scotland.view full story

  • Psychology Experts Begin Educational Podcasts on Human Condition

    24/04/2008

    As Web 2.0 expands reach and shortens distances, Texas Tech psycology experts have begun plying their trade to the world of podcasting.
    The Department of Psycholog...view full story

  • A million children 'mentally ill' through stress

    23/04/2008

    More than a million children have disorders ranging from depression and anxiety to anorexia, a report is expected to claim this week.
    The fifth in a series of six ...view full story

  • Depression Awareness Week, 21-26 April 2008

    23/04/2008

    The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) welcomes the opportunity provided by Depression Awareness Week to raise the profile of and encourage more empl...view full story

  • North Wales family law firms merge

    18/04/2008

    Two of North Wales’ longest-established law firms have merged.
    Cyril Jones and Co, of Wrexham and Shotton, and Stanley Williams and Co, of Wrexham, have comb...view full story

  • Expert child doctors express 'concerns'

    17/04/2008

    Delegates at an annual meeting of paediatricians have voted to express their "grave concerns" at the GMC.
    The "disproportionate" ban by the Gen...view full story

  • Univerity offers quick legal management course

    16/04/2008

    Solicitors seeking to acquire new skills to compete in the era of `Tesco law' are being offered help by Manchester Metropolitan University.
    The university is teami...view full story

  • Childhood Maltreatment Causes Inflammation And Depression In Adulthood

    15/04/2008

    A history of abuse of neglect in childhood could be associated with depression and inflammation when reaching adulthood. According to a report in the April 2008 issue of ...view full story

  • The Doctor Who Hears Voices, Channel 4 Film

    15/04/2008

    When Ruth began hearing voices, she turned to a controversial drug-free therapy programme. Now, her story is told in a powerful TV film.
    Ruth is a junior doctor li...view full story

  • Websites and designers face prosecution in new French anorexia law

    10/04/2008

    Promoting extreme thinness will become a criminal offence punishable by a jail sentence under a government-backed law that was tabled yesterday in France to combat anorex...view full story

  • Why we must be careful about internet 'addiction'

    08/04/2008

    Some parents may take comfort from an editorial in the March edition of the prestigious American Journal of Psychiatry.
    It called for the recognition of internet a...view full story

  • Judge attacks government over family life breakdown

    07/04/2008

    A leading judge launched an attack on the Government yesterday over the breakdown of family life.
    Mr Justice Coleridge warned the fracturing of society would, with...view full story

  • Tactical win for Chancery Lane in legal aid row

    04/04/2008

    The Law Society has resolved a long-running dispute with the Legal Services Commission (LSC) over the new unified contract for legal aid after the LSC dropped a threat to...view full story

  • Feeling Paranoid? You’re Not Alone

    03/04/2008

    Paranoia is far more common in the general population than previously thought, a new study shows.
    Paranoia loves company.
    Feeling paranoid means harboring...view full story

  • What drives parents to kill?

    03/04/2008

    Motives for harming children are often unclear, experts say.
    Whatever drove a 41-year-old Rockville USA, man to apparently kill his three young children in an Inne...view full story

  • Chasing size zero leads women to ‘famine then feast’ eating disorder

    02/04/2008

    The size-zero obsession could be forcing women into extreme diets followed by periods of bingeing on junk food, an expert said yesterday.
    Janet Treasure, of the In...view full story

  • Royal College of Psychiatrists: Anxious mother - anxious children?

    02/04/2008

    Children of mothers with anxiety disorders have an increased risk of developing anxiety themselves, compared with children of mothers who are not anxious.
    This ne...view full story

  • Hyperactive girls 'struggle as adults'

    01/04/2008

    One in ten girls were found to have hyperactivity problems
    Hyperactive young girls are more likely to have "serious" problems in adulthood, research sugg...view full story

  • Email back-up compliance saves solicitors time and money

    01/04/2008

    A solicitors firm has reduced its email and storage overheads and saved two days' work from the email backup, search and retrieval process using software from Waterford T...view full story

  • QC to DJ at Glastonbury Festival

    01/04/2008

    Once upon a time when a Queen's counsel heard the initials DJ, it would be a signal to swap his silk gown for a dinner jacket. Not any more.
    "I'm going to DJ ...view full story

  • The Use of Imaging Tools in Toxicology Assessments

    01/04/2008

    In the last decade, in vivo imaging methods have become established tools in basic science research. This lecture is designed provide a general overview of ultrasound ima...view full story

  • Gand Theft Childhood -- politicians are wrong about games

    01/04/2008

    A new book by Drs Lawrence Kutner and Cheryl K Olson says playing video games is not as bad as it's often painted
    Most gamers have noticed that millions of kids ma...view full story

  • Marital strife 'linked to rise in blood pressure'

    01/04/2008

    A Happy marriage is good for blood pressure, but a stressful one can be worse than being single, according to new research.
    In the study by Julianne Holt-Lunstad, ...view full story

  • City barrister writes ‘valuable’ book on care law

    01/04/2008

    Family law specialist Jonathan Butler, of India Buildings Chambers, is the author of the new Community Care Law and Local Authority Handbook, out this month.
    He sa...view full story

  • Psychology News Gets Off The Fence

    19/03/2008

    Off The Fence Productions has announced that it is teaming up with UK factual indie company Psychology News Productions for two new projects.
    The first project wil...view full story

  • Forthcoming guidelines on The Physical Signs of Child Sexual Abuse

    18/03/2008

    New guidelines on the Physical Signs of Child Sexual Abuse, published by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, are to be released on 2nd April 2008. They rep...view full story

  • Bully videogame generating concern; psychiatrist warn parents

    17/03/2008

    A controversial new videogame that has upset anti-bullying groups and educators. The main character of the game, which is called Bully: Scholarship Edition, is Jimmy Hopk...view full story

  • DIY divorces rise in wake of Heather Mills case

    17/03/2008

    Heather Mills's decision to represent herself during her divorce court battle with Sir Paul McCartney has led to a surge in warring couples opting to carry out their own ...view full story

  • Pratchett gives £500,000 pounds to Alzheimer's charity

    13/03/2008

    Author Terry Pratchett said on Thursday he will donate half a million pounds for research into Alzheimer's disease, the degenerative brain disorder he has had for more th...view full story

  • Law firm Morgan Cole recruits insurance experts

    13/03/2008

    South Wales-based law firm Morgan Cole has recruited a 10-strong team of specialist lawyers.
    The team of fee-earners, headed by partner Mark Bailey and leading inj...view full story

  • Is photo real or a fake? Digital manipulation adds to US prosecution costs and can delay trials

    10/03/2008

    Each week, about 100,000 sexually explicit digital images of children arrive at Michelle Collins' office. They are sent by police and prosecutors who hope Collins and her...view full story

  • US Experts Study Neuroscience Use in Courts

    04/03/2008

    When Peter Braunstein was put on trial in New York last year for a twisted Halloween torture attack, his lawyers used a visual aid to suggest that his actions were the pr...view full story

  • Forensics experts comb former children's home

    26/02/2008

    Police in the isle of Jersey have brought in archaeologists and forensic experts to dig up the grounds of a former children's home.
    Officers looking into child abu...view full story

  • Experts join forces to emphasise the benefits of choosing life

    25/02/2008

    Scottish Experts on suicide say the key to preventing deaths is for organisations, including the media, to work together.
    Psychologist Dr Rory O'Connor, who leads ...view full story

  • Experts to help with spate of suicides

    21/02/2008

    MENTAL health experts will be sent to every school in an area of South Wales that has been rocked by a spate of suicides that has claimed 17 young liv...view full story

  • Government and medical regulators are failing to defend expert paediatricians against attacks

    18/02/2008

    Professor Terence Stephenson said child health doctors faced intimidation in the difficult field of child protection and could be put off acting as expert witnesses in co...view full story

  • Lawyers back use of intercept evidence

    08/02/2008

    Lawyers have backed prime minister Gordon Brown’s announcement that the government intends to allow intercept evidence to be allowed in criminal trials.
    The ...view full story

  • Medical Evidence and Advocacy in Child Abuse Cases (Jan 08)

    04/12/2007

    This practical skills-based conference focusing on preparation, strategy and advocacy in dealing with medical evidence in child abuse cases will be held on 29th January 2...view full story

  • Expert Witnesses rejected from giving evidence in rape trial reforms

    28/11/2007

    It will be announced today that rape trial reforms will permit experts to present evidence to juries, detailing the psychological impact of rape, in a bid to dispel myths...view full story

  • Witnesses to be questioned pre-trial to assess reliability

    27/11/2007

    Attorney General Lady Scotland is set to announce that prosecuting lawyers and barristers will be permitted to interview their witnesses before the trial begins to assess...view full story

  • Cohabitation: why legislative reform is necessary

    10/10/2007

    An article in the October issue of Family Law (07) written by Stuart Bridge discusses 'Cohabitation: The Finacial Consequences of Relationship Breakdown.'

    ...view full story

  • Expert Family Law Launched

    08/10/2007

    Expert Witness are pleased to announce the launch of Expert Family Law, a website devoted to the promotion and marketing of family lawyers. We aim to provide family law e...view full story

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