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The Supreme Court holds that anonymity for clinicians in withdrawal of treatment cases involving children should normally be of limited duration (Abbasi v Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Haastrup v King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)
The grounds on which a marriage is voidableOn 6 April 2022, the provisions of the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (DDSA 2020), came into...
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...
Reports under section 37 of the Children Act 1989Under section 37 of the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989), the court has the power to order an...
A child is subject to a supervision order made under section 31 of the Children Act 1989. The court allowed the mother to take the child out of the...
Applications for permission to appeal in the Family CourtReforms to the family justice system that took effect on 22 April 2014 made changes to appeals, in particular as a result of the introduction of the single Family Court. The key provisions are set out in Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010),
Remote and hybrid hearings in the Family CourtThis Practice Note provides guidance on remote and hybrid hearings, via video-conference and telephone, in the Family Court. It considers what a remote or hybrid hearing is, when a hearing may be conducted remotely and the electronic platforms that
Witness evidence in family proceedingsThis Practice Note sets out the general approach to witness evidence in family proceedings as provided for in the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), SI 2010/2955, Pts 22 and 24, and the format such evidence should take, including where a witness is unable
Scotland—the process for applying for sequestrationSequestration in Scotland is the legal process by which an insolvent debtor’s estate is gathered in, realised and then distributed among their creditors by a trustee appointed for that purpose. The process requires that a formal award of
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