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This week’s edition of the Family weekly highlights includes details of the updated MyHMCTS financial remedy cases guidance. Recent judgments on an...
Private Client analysis: The Court of Appeal allowed the parents’ appeal and appointed them as HB’s health and welfare deputies, rejecting the...
Private Client analysis: The Court of Protection dismissed Camden’s appeal against findings that BW lacked capacity to decide whether to consent to...
Private Client analysis: The Honourable Mr Justice Hayden clarified both the Court of Protection’s role where a complainant may lack capacity to...
Procedure—Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989This Practice Note sets out the procedural requirements in relation to an application under Schedule 1 to...
Applications under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997This Practice Note explains the six criminal offences that may be committed under the...
Striking out a statement of caseThis Practice Note explains the court's power to strike out a statement of case. It summarises the grounds on which a...
The grounds on which a marriage is voidA void marriage is one that will be treated by the court as never having taken place. The grounds on which a...
Does a non-molestation order or equivalent undertaking appear on a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, police check or criminal record? Does such an order or undertaking appear on advanced DBS checks and will it be listed as an offence if a non-molestation order is breached?Does a
Can a non-molestation order made under the Family Law Act 1996 be granted for longer than 12 months or for an indefinite period?Applications for non-molestation orders under Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996 (FLA 1996) are governed by the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), SI 2010/2955, in
Can the court refuse an applicant’s request to withdraw an application for a non-molestation order where the application has not been served on the respondent and no orders have yet been made?The Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), SI 2010/2955, 29.4(1) provides that any application in
Applications under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997This Practice Note explains the six criminal offences that may be committed under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (PHA 1997) including harassment, fear of violence and stalking. It identifies criminal law remedies available to victims
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