The Leicester Family Court has recently begun an "At Court Mediator" scheme. There will be a mediator available at court each Thursday to assist parties who are attending a First Hearing Dispute Resolution Appointment (FHDRA) in private law children cases. There is also a pro-bono "Duty...
Read MoreThe Voice of the Child Conference 2014 will be hosted by the Family Justice Young People's Board on 24th July 2014. The agenda this year includes a welcome address from Rt Hon Simon Hughes MP, Minister of State for Justice and Civil Liberties and a closing...
Read MoreOur annual conference will be held this year on Friday 10th October at the University of Leicester Stamford Court Conference Centre. The title is "Modern Families - Challenges, Choices and Opportunities" and the keynote speaker this year will be Mr Justice Hayden. Further details and booking forms...
Read MoreWe are so pleased to finally bring you LLFJB.com, the fantastic new website for the Leicester & Leicestershire Family Justice Board....
Read MorePUBLIC LAW N (A Child) (Adoption Order) [2014] EWFC 1491 Consideration of special guardianship orders against adoption orders particularly in light of Re B-S [2013] EWCA Civ 813. Concerning a child, N, aged 5. N was born prematurely and spent the first seven months of her life in...
Read MorePUBLIC LAW R (A Child) [2014] EWCA Civ 270 Appeal by a father against findings of fact. Observations by the Court of Appeal regarding the weight to be attached to flawed ABE interview and the threshold for dislodging findings of fact on appeal. The father appealed against findings...
Read MorePUBLIC LAW Re S (A Child) [2014] EWCA 135 Appeal by father against care and placement orders that had been made in respect of his daughter in July 2013 on the basis that the orders were not compliant with Re B-S. A-M was one of four children of...
Read MorePUBLIC LAW Re NL (A Child) (Appeal: Interim Care Order: Facts and Reasons) [2014] EWHC 270 (Fam) Appeal by a mother against the interim removal of her newborn baby. The mother had a long history of drug and alcohol abuse and the local authority had been involved with...
Read MorePUBLIC LAW Surrey County Council v Al-Hilli & Others (4) [2012] EWHC 4394 (Fam) Application by the police (opposed by the local authority and the guardian) to be joined as a party to care proceedings The subject children’s parents were tragically murdered whilst on holiday in the French...
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