Guides
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April 15, 2025
Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Judicial Guidance
You can read the refreshed AI guidance, glossary of terms, and useful help and information
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March 24, 2025
2025 Protocol and Good Practice Model: Disclosure of information between Coroners and the Family Court in cases involving fatality
A guide to best practice for Family Court Judges and Coroners where there are parallel proceedings
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February 27, 2025
PFD Guidance – Citation of Authorities: Judgments of Circuit Judges and District Judges
Read the guidance by Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division
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February 26, 2025
President of the Family Division publishes guidance on writing to children, developed with the Family Justice Young People’s Board
Find out more about when, how and why to write to children in family court proceedings
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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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September 20, 2024
Reporting Pilot Guidance (August 2024)
See the guidance from the President of the Family Division and the Transparency Implementation Group. Note this guidance replaces the guidance issued in January 2023.
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September 12, 2024
The Administrative Court Judicial Review Guide 2024 has been published
The Guide is required reading for all those who conduct judicial review cases (whether or not they are lawyers)
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July 17, 2024
Guidance for Designated Family Judges Engaging with the Media in Reporting Pilot courts
See additional guidance for Designated Family Judges in Reporting Pilot courts
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July 10, 2024
Practice Note from the CHC: The Chancery Guide 2022 (updated 2024)
Find out more about the updated Guide from Sir Julian Flaux, the Chancellor of the High Court