Latest updates
- Up 7 weeks on same quarter last year News, 13/12/2018, free
- Takes up position from 1st February 2019. News, 12/12/2018, free
- Corrects an error relating to powers of arrest. News, 12/12/2018, free
- Guidance endorses that prepared by Dr Julia Brophy in a 2016 report jointly funded by the Nuffield Foundation and the Association of Lawyers for Children News, 10/12/2018, free
- The court agreed that parental responsibility should be removed from the father and that the mother could change the child's surname. Judgment, 03/12/2018, free
Latest know-how
- Standard family order as approved by the President 30 November 2017. This version update 9 November 2018. Order, 13/11/2018, members only
- In a tweet: Proper approach when accused is to cross-examine their accuser Case note, 26/10/2018, members only
- In a tweet: H injuncted from paying his solicitors and counsel unless he paid an equal amount to W’s solicitors towards arrears and legal services payment order Case note, 26/10/2018, members only
- In a tweet: No formal process for applying for permission to enforce arrears that are 12months+ Case note, 26/10/2018, members only
- In a tweet: Non-payment of legal services payment order is an insurmountable impediment to the course of justice; here, non-payment led to a Hadkinson order preventing H from pursuing an appeal in a forum dispute Case note, 26/10/2018, members only
Latest training
- Tim Scott QC of 29 Bedford Row tries to make sense of what might happen to international family cases after 29th March next year and reviews a few recent key international finance cases. Recorded September 2018. Webcast, 07/10/2018, members only
- Roshi Amiraftabi of 29 Bedford Row, reviews the key private children law cases, themes and practice developments from the past 12 months. Webcast, 31/05/2018, members only
- Alexis Campbell QC and Charlotte Trace, of 29 Bedford Row, review the key financial remedy cases and themes from the past 12 months and look at how they will affect judicial thinking and your own cases in the year to come. Webcast, 16/03/2018, members only
- Matthew Long, of 29 Bedford Row, reviews the current best practice guidelines for managing cases involving litigants in person, explains the role of McKenzie Friends and offers some practical tips drawn from his experience. Webcast, 07/02/2018, members only
- Recording of webinar, presented by Mena Ruparel, first broadcast live on 1 December 2017. Webcast, 05/12/2017, free
Latest sources
- The text of guidance requiring orders in non-financial cases to be drafted on the day of the hearing in the Central Family Court. In force from 12 November 2018 Practice direction, 23/11/2018, free
- Covers various matters including use of Welsh language in proceedings, jurisdiction under DMPA 1973 and powers to make hearings public. In force from 10th December 2018 SI, 15/11/2018, free
- In force on Exit Day SI, 02/11/2018, free
- This Statutory Instrument to be made under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 will ensure that the UK is ready, after EU Exit, to apply the 2007 Hague Convention on the international recovery of maintenance. SI, 12/10/2018, free
- Use this form to ask the President of the Family Division to authorise individuals working for the named charity to attend and report on family proceedings. Form (external), 01/10/2018, free
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