Guidance & resources
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January 30, 2025
Family Justice Council Guidance on Neurodiversity in the Family Justice System for Practitioners
Sir Andrew McFarlane explains more about the guidance for legal practitioners working with neurodivergent users of the Family Justice System
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January 23, 2025
Practice Guidance by the PFD: The use of Intermediaries, Lay Advocates and Cognitive Assessments in the Family Court
Please read this latest guidance by Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division
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January 21, 2025
Guidance from the President of the Family Division: Transfer of proceedings
Please read this guidance for the judiciary, which is an update on a previous document
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January 21, 2025
President’s Guidance: Public law children cases with an international element
This replaces the President of the Family Division’s Guidance of November 2014 about the International Child Abduction and Contact Unit
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January 14, 2025
Message from LCJ and SPT: Judicial Diversity and Inclusion Update 2024
An update on the implementation of the Judicial Diversity Strategy has been published
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January 10, 2025
Practice Guidance: Transition of matters from the national Deprivation of Liberty (DOL) list to the Court of Protection
Ensuring the process around the transition of cases is understood and managed effectively by judiciary and court staff
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January 6, 2025
Practice Statement authorising Legal Officers to carry out functions of a judicial nature in the Employment Tribunals
Read the Practice Statement, published by the Senior President of Tribunals, setting out rules for the delegation of judicial functions
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January 1, 2025
Chapter 18: Counsel to the inquest
This is a resource for coroners to help them locate key principles, practical information and precedents when dealing with inquests
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January 1, 2025
Chapter 16: Reports to prevent future deaths (PFDs)
This is a resource for coroners to help them locate key principles, practical information and precedents when dealing with inquests
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January 1, 2025
Chapter 15: Conclusions
This is a resource for coroners to help them locate key principles, practical information and precedents when dealing with inquests