Family Division
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December 19, 2025
High Court of Justice: Christmas Vacation 2025-26
Find out what to do and where to go for help for any urgent High Court matters during the holiday period
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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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November 21, 2025
Re: R (A Child)
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November 19, 2025
R (a child): reporting restrictions order
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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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October 30, 2025
Re D (Threshold Findings and Final Orders at IRH)
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October 29, 2025
President of the Family Division at the Justice Committee: Reform of the Family Court
Watch Sir Andrew McFarlane and other witnesses speaking at the Parliamentary session