Family
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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 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 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
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December 11, 2024
Financial Remedies Transparency pilot notice
Find out more about the intention to roll out the pilot scheme across the country
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December 11, 2024
Family Justice Council has published ‘Guidance on responding to a child’s unexplained reluctance, resistance or refusal to spend time with a parent and allegations of alienating behaviour’
Find out more about the guidance, which follows one of the largest consultations in the FJC’s history
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December 2, 2024
Family Court Annual Report
Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division, has today published the Family Court’s first annual report
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November 28, 2024
Local Practice Note: Ensuring adherence to the Public Law Outline in London
Read the Local Practice Note and Appendix A (included in document) from Mr Justice MacDonald, Family Presiding Judge for London
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November 27, 2024
Pilot starts for Domestic Abuse Protection Orders
The orders are available via different application routes in Family, Civil and Criminal Courts - find out more