A Bill to prevent abuse of process in civil and family courts; to make provision about cooperation between court jurisdictions; to create offences when certain civil and family court orders are breached; to amend the rights and duties of certain parties to prevent abuse of process in civil and family court; and for connected purposes.
The Courts (Abuse of Process) Bill aims to stop people misusing civil and family court proceedings and to improve cooperation between different courts that handle related matters. It creates offences for breaches of certain civil and family court orders and changes the rights and duties of some parties to prevent abuse of the system. Overall, it seeks to make civil and family litigation fairer and deter tactics that abuse the courts.
The bill is currently at Second Reading in the House of Commons; after this stage it would proceed to committee and further readings if supported. It has not yet advanced to the later stages.
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