Family
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December 29, 2025
Pre-application seminar: Circuit Judge (Civil and Family)
This seminar on Tuesday 13 January 2026 will be held ahead of a recruitment exercise to be launched that month
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December 17, 2025
The PFD’s Guidance 2026: Non-Molestation Orders under the Family Law Act 1996, and the FJC’s Best Practice Guidance for Practitioners on Making an application for a Protective Injunction under the Family Law Act 1996
These two guidance documents, by Sir Andrew McFarlane and the Family Justice Council, have been produced in tandem following a review
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December 9, 2025
D (A Child) (Recusal)
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November 21, 2025
Re: R (A Child)
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November 20, 2025
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust and another -v- BV
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November 18, 2025
Speech by the President of the Family Division: Domestic Abuse and the Family Court
Read the speech given by Sir Andrew McFarlane at the Association of Lawyers for Children's annual conference
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November 12, 2025
R (Children: Setting aside Hague return order)
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November 7, 2025
Updated 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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November 4, 2025
S (Wardship — Removal to Ghana rehearing)
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November 4, 2025
Factsheet on protective measures available in England and Wales re: international child abduction
Drafted by the Hague Network judges for England and Wales, this document summarises the protective measures available for allegedly abducted children