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Speech by Sir James Munby: Changing families - family law yesterday, today and tomorrow - a view from south of the Border
In the year when we are commemorating the centenary of the extension of the franchise to women - though only to some women - it is perhaps useful to start what I have to say by looking at the state of English family law a 100 years ago. It was, in truth, scarcely changed from the legacy bequeathed by the Victorians to the Edwardians.A HTML version of this speech is not available click here or view below the pdf version : Speech