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Family analysis: This case involved an application by the Lord Chancellor under section 55(1)(c) of the Family Law Act 1986 and the inherent...
17th Jan
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This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes details of the roll-out of the transparency pilots, the transition of matters from the...
16th Jan
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Family analysis: His Honour Judge Booth (sitting as a High Court judge) has confirmed in the clearest terms that the duty of full and frank disclosure...
15th Jan
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The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has released Practice Guidance addressing the transition of cases from the national...
10th Jan
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This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes details of the Children’s Wellbeing and School Bill, updates to the MyHMCTS: How to use...
9th Jan
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The Master of the Rolls has announced an update to Guideline Hourly Rates. These rates are used for summary assessment of court costs in England and...
2nd Jan
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The seventh Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010) Practice Direction (PD) update of 2024 has been issued, making amendments to six existing PDs and...
19th Dec
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The Online Procedure Rule Committee (OPRC), established under the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (JRACA 2022), creates rules governing the...
19th Dec
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This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes details of the Family Procedure (Amendment No 2) Rules 2024, the Law Commission scoping paper...
19th Dec
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The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has published the results of the Legal Problem and Resolution Survey 2023, a comprehensive study involving 10,323 adults...
19th Dec
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Family analysis: The Law Commission has published a scoping paper on financial remedies on divorce and dissolution. The fundamental question...
18th Dec
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The Supreme Court has unanimously allowed the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (I(PFD)A 1975) appeal and excluded from the...
18th Dec
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Private Client analysis: Her Honour Judge Hilder determined that the Court of Protection did have jurisdiction to determine a dispute over the...
12th Dec
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This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes a review of the most significant family law developments in 2024 and discussion of what might...
12th Dec
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Family analysis: The Lexis+ Family Practical Guidance ‘Next Generation’ Consulting Editorial Board (CEB) review the most significant family law...
11th Dec
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The Family Justice Council (FJC) has published comprehensive guidance for the judiciary and practitioners on responding to a child's unexplained...
11th Dec
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The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary (CTJ), with the authority of the President of the Family Division, has announced a significant expansion of the...
11th Dec
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The Transparency and Open Justice Board is seeking responses to its proposed key objectives, published on 6 December 2004. Created in April 2024, the...
9th Dec
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This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes details of the first Family Court annual report a decade after its establishment, new Supreme...
5th Dec
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The European Commission and European Investment Bank have announced a new partnership to bolster the EU's battery manufacturing sector. The initiative...
3rd Dec