Sir Andrew McFarlane
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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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February 12, 2025
Family Justice Council Bridget Lindley Memorial Lecture
Read about the online lecture to be given by HHJ Khatun Sapnara on Wednesday 12 March 2025
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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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January 27, 2025
Open reporting provisions extended to all family courts in “watershed moment for family justice”
Read about the final extension across England and Wales of the provisions that began with a pilot in three courts two years ago
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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