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Katherine Henry reported in M v F & Anor [2024] EWFC 34 (14 February 2024)

No.18 are delighted to announce that Katherine Henry has been reported in M v F & Anor [2024] EWFC 34 (14 February 2024) Katherine represented Father in this reported case, in which it was concluded there was no justification for the child's time with Father to continue to be supervised...

Claire Hook (2010)

As the Family Court opens more of its doors to reporters and legal bloggers being able to sit in and report on our cases, with the expansion of the Transparency Project, this is a case whereby, reporting restrictions have also been put in place at it’s conclusion. The Local Authority in...

Sara Chalk (2018)

Appeal by M against finding that injuries to child were caused by one of 6 relatives who were present, rather than accident. Appeal allowed & proceedings withdrawn. This Judgment was handed down by Lord Justice Peter Jackson on 22nd February 2024 and relates to an appeal which challenges a 'pool finding'...

Public Law Care: Case law update

Sarah Barber (2018)

Re UDTQ (No Adequate Care Planning) [2024] EWFC 19 (B) This case has sparked recent discussion over the meaning of the words “nothing else will do” in relation to Placement Order applications and adequate care planning. In this case, HHJ Middleton Roy dismissed applications for Placement Orders finding that adoption was “neither...

Rachel Chapman (2017)

It’s not often that an article on a judgment is longer than the judgment itself, but this may be one of those times! This case concerned a child, F, who was 11 years old. Parties agreed that F should live with her Mother and spend time with her Father. The issue...

Divorces in England and Wales: 2022

Annual divorce and civil partnership dissolution numbers and rates, partnership type, to whom granted and duration of marriage. Main points There were 80,057 divorces granted in England and Wales in 2022; a 29.5% decrease compared with 2021 (113,505 divorces) and the lowest number of divorces since 1971. In 2022, the median duration of...

Issued :26th February 2024 To: Family Presiding Judges and Designated Family Judges The Guidance on Electronic Bundles, will be suspended in relation to public law, with immediate effect. The guidance will continue to apply to private law and financial remedy proceedings. The guidance will be referred to the Family Procedure Rule Committee...

Amelia King (2016)

This case concerned a child, aged 5 years old, and an application by the mother (“M”) for permission to take the child to Pakistan for a holiday. The father (“F”) opposed the application. The M was represented but the F was a litigant in person. Findings had been made against...

Parents who wilfully refuse to pay maintenance for their children will face swifter enforcement action £20 CMS application fee will be scrapped from 26 February so no child misses out  The government is reforming the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to crack down on parents who refuse to pay and ensure children get the support...

Family Rights Group has announced Dorset as the local family justice pilot area to help “safely avert the need for care proceedings”, by providing early partnership working for children and families. The pilot, set to last 15 months, will bring together families, Dorset Council, partner agencies, local services, and the Dorset...

Asher Shane (2010)

I recently represented a mother who was the respondent to an application made by the father for a Prohibited Steps Order (‘PSO’), prohibiting her from relocating with the parties’ children to another part of England. The father asserted that the mother required his consent for the proposed move. His application sought...

The High Court has given guidance on the use of intermediaries in the Family Court, in a case concerning a 2-and-a-half year old girl, which was in week 127 at the hearing last month.Outlining the background to the case in West Northamptonshire Council v KA & Ors [2024] EWHC 79 (Fam), Mrs...

Helen Moizer (2018)

Removal of father's parental responsibility and judicial comment on management of highly contentious private law proceedings. Facts: By the time of this final hearing, proceedings alone had been going on for more than 3 years. On 8 November 2018 a final order was made by DDJ Flood by consent, which provided that...

On Monday 29 January 2024 the Transparency Implementation Group Reporting Pilot (TIG), which for the first time made it the default position that the media could report on family cases, will be extended to 16 courts across the country. The pilot introduces a presumption that accredited media and legal...

Gary Fawcett (1975)

In financial remedy proceedings, the billionaire husband, took little part in the process, and when he did, he caused trouble. He filed no form E, applications were made for his committal etc. W made two applications, first an application pursuant to the case of Hadkinson to prevent H, from playing any...

Journalists and legal bloggers will be able to report on financial remedies proceedings in the Financial Remedies Court (FRC) at three courts from 29 January 2024, in the latest reporting pilot launched by the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane. This is the latest announcement following Sir Andrew McFarlane’s...

Helen Moizer (2018)

The Supreme Court handed down the decision on 21 November 2023 for Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (Appellant) v Central Arbitration Committee and another (Respondents) [2023] UKSC 43. The judgment helpfully provides a clear introduction of the case which begins with: “Deliveroo riders have become a familiar sight in our...

In P v F [2023] EWHC 2730 (Fam), the court considered an appeal in relation to indirect contact and a s91(14) order for a period of two years. The case concerned two children; twins born on 24th October 2011. This was the third set of Children Act proceedings. A welfare report...

Sara Chalk (2018)

Below are a summary of key issues and updates relating to children matters. Covert Recordings and Electronic Evidence In December 2022, the Family Justice Council (“FJC”) released draft guidance on covert recordings in family law proceedings concerning children. Over the last few years there has been an increase in covert recordings being used by...

The Nuffield foundation in conjunction with others have provide a major study of the financial and property arrangements that people make when they divorce and seeks to evaluate the extent to which it enables them to reach fair outcomes. The Executive summary can be found below ( & attached with...

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