Family Division

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• January 24, 2025

  Tickle and Summers -v- BBC, PA and others

  CivilCourt of Appeal Civil DivisionFamily DivisionJudgment

• 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

  FamilyFamily CourtFamily DivisionPresident of the Family DivisionSir Andrew McFarlanePractice Guidance

• 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

  FamilyFamily DivisionPresident of the Family DivisionSir Andrew McFarlanePractice Guidance

• 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

  FamilyFamily DivisionPresident of the Family DivisionSir Andrew McFarlanePractice Guidance

• January 14, 2025

  Re X and Y

  CivilCourt of Appeal Civil DivisionFamily DivisionJudgment

• 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

  Court of ProtectionFamilyFamily DivisionPresident of the Family DivisionSir Andrew McFarlanePractice Guidance

• January 9, 2025

  In the matter of the Sharif children: Louise Tickle and another -v- The BBC and others

  CivilCourt of Appeal Civil DivisionFamily DivisionHigh CourtOrder

• January 9, 2025

  Family court reporting provisions to extend to all family courts in England and Wales

  Find out when the new ‘Reporting Provisions’ will apply from in all family courts in England and Wales

  FamilyFamily CourtFamily DivisionPresident of the Family DivisionSir Andrew McFarlaneNews

• December 20, 2024

  High Court of Justice — Christmas Vacation 2024-2025

  Learn when the High Court will be closed during the festive period and arrangements for judges in the various Divisions to hear cases during that time

  Administrative CourtChancery DivisionFamily DivisionHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionTechnology and Construction CourtNews

• December 20, 2024

  Sharif  — Disclosure and Publication Judgment

  CivilCriminalFamily DivisionHigh CourtJudgment

The details given in a judgment about the facts of a case may sometimes constitute distressing content (particularly in criminal cases, or cases involving children).