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Standard orders : Children

The working party under the leadership of HHJ Moradifar considering the Standard Family Orders Volume 2 (Children and Other Orders) has undertaken a preliminary review of all Volume 2 orders to identify those orders which require urgent, immediate, update and amendment which cannot await the outcome of the overall review. They...

John Franklin (2016)

We are delighted to announce John has made the national press on one of his matters; Below is a case summary written by Mr Franklin together with the links to the relevant article : The case involved a life insurance settlement for £100,000 created in 2011 and as is such it...

The Statutory Instrument (SI) is published via the legislation website (external link, opens in a new tab) and the online rules will be updated in due course. The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2022 (enter into force on 6th April 2022) The SI contains Rule amendments in respect of: Digital Notice of Change – CPR Part 2 and Part 42...

Barnaby Large (2007)

How a workforce is remunerated can be complex and varied with many issues for employment lawyers to get their teeth into. One such conundrum is the question of what is to happen when a pay structure falls outside of the definition of a ‘week’s pay’ in ss.221 – 224 1996 Act?...

Gary Fawcett (1975)

At this hearing the parties self represented, and when the full case report is read, most lawyers would successfully predict the outcome ! It was an indemnity application by W regarding the payment of the single joint experts (SJE) fees. This long running case started in 2013, with the final financial...

Our summer soiree date has changed due to a clash of dates with the Hampshire Law Society annual dinner on the day before. So therefore please put the NEW date in your diary .We would be delighted if you would join us on the 9th June 2022 at the Three...

Rachel Chapman (2017)

This was a very short, but very important judgment handed down by HHJ Wildblood QC on 25 January 2022. Of particular interest is the fact that ‘the three legal representatives agree that it is in the public interest that this anonymised judgment should be published’ [1]. This matter was a private...

ADVISORY NOTICE The FRC Efficiency Statement dated 11 January 2022 requires the use of the assets and Income template ES2 at the First Appointment (para 11), the FDR (para 13) and the final hearing (para 21). In our Notice dated 11 January 2022 (as placed on 12 January 2022) we explained...

The new Form D81 (external link, opens in a new tab) (Statement of information for a consent order in relation to a financial remedy) has been published by the Government’s assets publishing service. Pursuant to FPR r. 5.1(1) and PD 5A para 1.1 and tables 1 and 2, the new form is...

Electronic Court Bundles New guidance has been given regarding electronic court bundles, designed to ensure a consistent approach among practitioners, to assist the Court. Key guidance includes: Bundles must be in PDF format • Numbering should not be done by hand • No pages should be upside down ...

Asher Shane (2010)

On 10 November 2021 the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, issued a memorandum giving further guidance on the drafting orders in Family Proceedings, and in particular, the drafting of orders in relation to Private Law Children Cases. Quoting from a speech he gave to the FLBA on 16...

Mr Justice Mostyn and His Honour Judge Hess have issued the following Notice with the authority of the President of the Family Division. "In its report The Financial Remedies Court – The Way Forward (September 2021), the Farquhar Committee made an important recommendation at paras 4.14 and 4.15. It proposed that either...

On 14 January 2022 Mr Justice Mostyn made the following announcement with the endorsement of the President of the Family Division. "The drafting of the money SFOs was completed in 2017 and the children SFOs in 2018. There have been some amendments since then in each sector, but they have largely...

At the end of last year, the Court of Appeal revisited the guidance for the making of orders under s91(14) Children Act 1989. The proceedings concerned an appeal by a mother in relation to a 7-year-old girl. These were described as “what was to prove to be long running and destructive...

Laura Baines (2007)

I represented the Children’s Guardian in this case, which was in the grand scheme of cases we often deal with a long-running public law case [14 months] that had commenced as private law proceedings. It has been reported because the final orders included a restriction on the father’s parental responsibility...

Lead Judge for Private Family Law

The President of the Family Division announced that Mrs Justice Knowles has been appointed to the role of Lead Judge for Private Family Law, with effect from 1 January 2022. She replaces Mr Justice Cobb following his recent appointment as the Lead Reform Judge. The President has expressed his gratitude to Mr...

Please find below a practice statement from the Property Chamber on the tribunal’s consideration of who to appoint as a manager. The purpose of the statement is to give leaseholders, prospective Managers, and landlords, an indication of the Tribunal’s expectations of a proposed Manager when deciding whether to make an order...

Happy new year from all of the team at No 18 Chambers. We are back after a well rested Christmas break. If you need to get in touch call us on 023 80 736 812, e-mail clerks@no18chambers.com...

Click here for the President of the Family Division’s Guidance on E-Bundles for use in the Family Court and Family Division. This guidance supplements the general guidance on electronic bundles for all courts issued by the Senior Presiding Judge, the President of the Family Division and the Judge-in-charge of Live Services...

Wishing you and your families Seasons Greetings from all at No 18 Chambers We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support in 2021 and wish you a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year....

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