Sir Andrew McFarlane
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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 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 7, 2024
Speech by the PFD: Suspected Physical Abuse of Children – Experts in the Family Court
Read the address by Sir Andrew McFarlane to the British Society of Paediatric Radiologists
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November 7, 2024
Wholesale reform to adoption process is needed, says Public Law Working Group
Read the report's recommendations and responses from Mrs Justice Judd and the President of the Family Division
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July 31, 2024
A View from The President’s Chambers: July 2024
Read the latest update from Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division