New Form C100
A new version of Form C100 (application under s.8 Children Act 1989) has been produced. The form and supporting guidance documents are available to download now from our Resources page....
Read MoreA new version of Form C100 (application under s.8 Children Act 1989) has been produced. The form and supporting guidance documents are available to download now from our Resources page....
Read MoreIn response to recent statistics which demonstrate a sharp decline in the numbers of children being adopted - believed to be a direct result of the recent cases of Re B [2013] UKSC 33 and Re B-S [2013] EWCA Civ 1146 - the Adoption Leadership...
Read MoreSir James Munby has issued the following President's Guidance of 10th November 2014: The International Child Abduction and Contact Unit (ICACU), intended to provide guidance as to the correct route for practitioners to follow when pursuing requests for information from other jurisdictions within children proceedings. The ICACU...
Read MoreThe Department of Education has produced the Government's response to a consultation it launched last year in respect of improving the prospects of permanence for children in care. The response entitled Consultation on looked-after children: improving permanence can be downloaded here....
Read MoreA recent – at first blush, seemingly relatively innocuous – Court of Appeal decision to refuse an appeal by a “resident” Father against a decision to refuse him permission to relocate with his two boys (11 and 7), new wife and their daughter (2) to...
Read MoreYou could be excused, as a practitioner in the field of child protection or family law, for balking at the suggestion of reading anything more than we have to already. What with the seemingly never-ending cascade of new legislation, practice notes and directions, statutory guidance,...
Read MoreSir James Munby delivered the Michael Farmer Memorial Lecture to the 2014 Legal Wales Conference on 10th October 2014. Coming on the same day as LLFJB's annual conference entitled "The Modern Family: Challenges, Choices and Opportunities", the speech entitled "21st Century Family Law" provides a fascinating...
Read MoreIn his new role as Family District Liaison Judge for the Midland Circuit, Mr Justice Keehan has today issued a Practice Note with respect to listing Family Court and Court of Protection cases before Deputy High Court and High Court Judges. The Practice Note is available to...
Read MoreFurther to her fascinating and informative presentation at our annual conference on Friday 10th October, Professor Julie Selwyn's report "Beyond the Adoption Order: challenges, interventions and adoption disruption" of April 2014 is available to download here....
Read MorePRIVATE LAW Re D (A Child) [2014] EWCA Civ 1057 Appeal from a decision to refuse to order direct contact between a father and his son at the final hearing after four years of court proceedings. The parties separated in February 2003 when their son, B, was just...
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