
The president of the Isle of Man Law Society and a local advocate will today (Wed) give evidence to a committee examining the care and upbringing of children in the Island.
The Tynwald body, which is assessing family life - especially in cases of broken relationships – was set up following a petition presented on Tynwald Day last year.
It is due to hear evidence from Kevin O’Riordan and Hazel Smith.
The sitting in the Legislative Council Chamber starts at two thirty this afternoon.

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