Standard Family Orders: Consultation
The President of the Family Division has published a myriad of draft standard orders for use in all family proceedings (think CAP form or CMO, multiplied by 40...
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13
March
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09
January
New Year, New Forms
HMCTS has issued new forms for the use in divorce/dissolution and Children Act cases. The forms have been amended to reflect recent changes to the domestic violence provisions and MIAM exemptions. The following forms are affected: C100 Form FM1 Form A Form A1 Form B The amended forms have already taken effect...
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04
November
Family Justice Day 2017
The Leicester & Leicestershire Family Justice Board prides itself on the quality of our annual training conferences – or Family Justice Days – organised by our Education Sub-committee. 2017 has been no exception. Entitled “Can you hear us? Older children in the family justice system” the...
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26
October
Family Justice Day: 3rd Nov
All lawyers tickets are sold out. There are a very few Social Care Professionals tickets left and the sale of those tickets will close at 4pm 27th October 2017....
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12
October
Leicester Family Justice Day: 3rd November 2017
The Leicester and Leicestershire Family Law Training Association, Chaired by Martin Kingerley, present this year's FJB Day. All Early Bird Tickets are now SOLD OUT and there are limited tickets still available. This year's conference has a fantastic line up and is taking place on Friday 3rd...
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10
October
Hair Strand Drug Testing
Lawyers and social care professionals alike will be familiar with the deployment of "hair strand testing" for analysis of a suspected illicit substance consumption. These reports are often commissioned within public law child protection proceedings to provide evidence to the Court as to what drugs...
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18
September
Children Law Seminar 22nd September 2017
Places are still available for this week's children law seminar hosted by No5 Chambers in Wolverhampton. The programme and booking details can be found here....
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18
September
NEW: Domestic Violence Practice Direction
The President of the Family Division, Sir James Munby, has issued a revised Family Procedure Rules Practice Direction 12J which will come into force on 2nd October 2017 and is to be applied in all courts considering an application for a Child Arrangements Order when...
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05
September
HRA Applications in Children Act Proceedings
The course materials from the recent seminar hosted by Clare Coles and Laura Vickers of No5 Chambers are now available to download here. Please note: this is a sizeable document which may take a few moments to download....
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10
July
Guidance on the Publication of Judgments
The Transparency Project has published a very helpful and comprehensive guide for court users and professionals as to the publication of judgments in family proceedings. The guide can be found here....
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