tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post4359896010969472598..comments2024-03-28T09:08:50.733+00:00Comments on Law and Lawyers: Rights of ChildrenObiterJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-71532392954721256622011-12-30T16:32:19.233+00:002011-12-30T16:32:19.233+00:00Yes that is odd - HMCTS moved Chester into the Nor...Yes that is odd - HMCTS moved Chester into the Northern Circuit but the Bar Council websites show one set of chambers in Chester in the 'Wales & Chester Circuit' and one in the Northern Circuit. <br />The UK Government was not as keen as the Welsh Government on the UNCRC when children's groups were pushing for it to be incorporated into domestic law. The position in Wales was arrived at after lengthy consultations and some compromises, but it is a step.Julienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-18550680961426919622011-12-29T21:30:05.497+00:002011-12-29T21:30:05.497+00:00There is a great deal of information about the Bar...There is a great deal of information about the Bar's Circuit system on the Bar Council website - follow the link in the post.<br /><br />I also think that the UK is moving toward a "federal" system and, in my opinion, this may yet prove to be preferable to the complete break up of the UK.<br /><br />The Convention is international in nature. One might therefore expect the UK government to ensure that the Convention was applied evenly throughout the UK.ObiterJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-41106122446492715132011-12-29T18:18:51.283+00:002011-12-29T18:18:51.283+00:00I refer you back to my Comment at the 20 December ...I refer you back to my Comment at the 20 December post and the link to the Welsh Seal news item and earlier Comments I've made about Welsh legal devolution.<br /><br />"Is it not odd that such a situation is being allowed to come about" - odd or not, it's inevitable following the increasing powers being granted to the Senydd. How far it will go? - who knows? but the UK (or whatever it becomes) is going to have a more obviously federal legal system than it had in the last century.Westenglandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01044799705613669714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110794854146484721.post-72117318523245183622011-12-29T12:07:30.624+00:002011-12-29T12:07:30.624+00:00I'm afraid that the Bar Council is holding on ...I'm afraid that the Bar Council is holding on to an anachronism here. Cheshire moved in to the Northern Circuit some years ago. The Wales Circuit is now Wales only. The functions of the MoJ are not devolved but the Welsh Government is currently consulting on a separate jurisdiction for Wales.Julienoreply@blogger.com