Please find attached a local Practice Guidance - length of documents, issued by His Honour Judge Bellamy on 22nd November 2016 to address the length of documents filed within public law proceedings. Please note that this practice direction contains specific page limits for the length of certain court...
Read MoreDespite the statutory provisions of section 25 MCA 1973 concerns have been raised about the interpretation of needs within financial remedy proceedings. Such concern is highlighted in the 2014 Law Commission report on Matrimonial Property, Needs and Agreements. The background to the report is that in...
Read MorePlease note the important Guidance issued by Sir James Munby President of the Family Division on 8 October 2015 entitled - RADICALISATION CASES IN THE FAMILY COURTS. Within the Guidance, the President addresses the recent increase in the "numbers of children cases coming before the Family Division...
Read MoreThe President has announced that with effect from today, Monday 5 October 2015, different versions of the various tipstaff orders will be used in all cases. As at present these orders will be drawn in every case by the court. However all practitioners should be aware of...
Read MorePlease find attached a copy of His Honour Judge Bellamy's latest Newsletter. This newsletter addresses mediation in the family courts. The newsletter contains some very helpful contributions from local mediators and practitioners. Furthermore, the newsletter raises awareness of the mediation services available locally for the benefit of children...
Read MoreThe case of Re BR (Proof of Facts) [2015] EWFC 41 follows a fact-finding hearing held in private concerning a baby who sustained a very large number of fractures. The specific details of the fact-finding hearing do not form part of this judgment, nevertheless, the Honourable...
Read MoreCongratulations to Alistair MacDonald QC on his recent appointment as a High Court Judge. He will be assigned to the Family Division of the High Court. He will take up his new role as Mr Justice MacDonald in the Royal Courts of Justice from 4th June...
Read MoreThe judgment of the Court of Appeal in the matter of Re K and H (Children) [2015] EWCA Civ 543 is the appeal following the first instance decision of the DFJ HHJ Bellamy, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge in January 2015. The background to the...
Read MoreThe case of Critchell v Critchell [2015] EWCA Civ 436 is a decision of the Court of Appeal in financial remedy proceedings. The background to the appeal involves financial proceedings, which settled at first instance at the Financial Dispute Resolution hearing and involved modest assets. However, the...
Read MoreThe case of N (A Child: Interim Care Order: Interim Removal) [2015] EWFC (15 May 2015) is a recent judgment of HHJ Bellamy. The case provides an analysis of whether the relevant child's safety required interim removal from their parents' care pursuant to an interim care order....
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