Top family law post vacant after challenge to government critic

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article7048954.ece

• One senior judge said: “It is an appalling state of affairs, not to know who is taking over.” Another said: “An appointment like this is usually announced several months ahead. There is no explanation as to what is going on.” 
•  Sir Nicholas, whose expertise is in children’s cases, warned that without proper funding, the family justice system “would implode and it is the children who will suffer most”.