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Declaration of parentage declined on public policy grounds (Re H v R and another (Attorney General for England and Wales intervening))

Declaration of parentage declined on public policy grounds (Re H v R and another (Attorney General for England and Wales intervening))

The following Family news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Declaration of parentage declined on public policy grounds (Re H v R and another (Attorney General for England and Wales intervening))

From chaos comes order—High Court provides procedural guidance on challenging a financial remedy arbitral award (A v A (arbitration guidance))

From chaos comes order—High Court provides procedural guidance on challenging a financial remedy arbitral award (A v A (arbitration guidance))

The following Family news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on From chaos comes order—High Court provides procedural guidance on challenging a financial remedy arbitral award (A v A (arbitration guidance))

Guidance on the use of the resolutions model within public law proceedings (Re J (A Child) (Resolutions Model))

Guidance on the use of the resolutions model within public law proceedings (Re J (A Child) (Resolutions Model))

The following Family news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Guidance on the use of the resolutions model within public law proceedings (Re J (A Child) (Resolutions Model))

Non-matrimonial inherited assets accrued post-separation balanced against the needs of a party with declining health and limited life expectancy (ND (by her litigation friend) v GD)

Non-matrimonial inherited assets accrued post-separation balanced against the needs of a party with declining health and limited life expectancy (ND (by her litigation friend) v GD)

Non-matrimonial inherited assets accrued post-separation balanced against the needs of a party with declining health and limited life expectancy (ND (by her litigation friend) v GD)

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Working with counsel

Working with counsel

Working with counselInstructing counsel to advocate on a client’s behalf should be a matter of careful thought and preparation. The role of counsel is...

Third party debt order

Third party debt order

Third party debt orderA third party debt order is a method of enforcement by which a creditor may enforce a debt against money owed to the debtor by a...

Property adjustment orders—procedural issues and drafting the order

Property adjustment orders—procedural issues and drafting the order

Property adjustment orders—procedural issues and drafting the orderThis Practice Note provides practical guidance on procedural issues relating to an...

Reports under section 7 of the Children Act 1989

Reports under section 7 of the Children Act 1989

Reports under section 7 of the Children Act 1989Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division,...

Practice notes

Interim orders in public children proceedings

Interim orders in public children proceedingsThis Practice Note sets out the requirements in relation to interim orders in public children proceedings...
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19th May
Precedents

Notice of acting

Case number [insert number][In the principal registryORIn the [insert court location] FAMILY court]Sitting at [insert place]Notice of...
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19th May
Practice notes

Restrictions on decree being made absolute—divorce

Restrictions on decree being made absolute—divorceWhen considering an application for decree nisi to be made absolute the district judge must have...
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19th May
Practice notes

Private children—paramountcy of the child's welfare

Private children—paramountcy of the child's welfareThe paramountcy principleWhen any court determines any question with respect to:•the upbringing of...
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19th May
Q&As

What is the procedure to enforce a penal notice attached to an order as to the filing of a Form E?

What is the procedure to enforce a penal notice attached to an order as to the filing of a Form E?The first step is to ensure that the penal notice is...
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Produced in partnership with Katherine Illsley of 4 King’s Bench Walk 19th May
Practice notes

Statements of truth in family proceedings

Statements of truth in family proceedingsDocuments that must be verified by a statement of truth in family proceedingsThe provisions regarding...
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19th May
Practice notes

Filing the divorce petition and supporting documents

Filing the divorce petition and supporting documentsThis Practice Note explains what documents must be filed with the petition when commencing...
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19th May
Practice notes

Child Arrangements Programme—the procedure for section 8 applications

Child Arrangements Programme—the procedure for section 8 applicationsCoronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of...
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19th May
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Q&As

‘Associated persons’ as defined in section 62(3) of Family Law Act 1996 includes people who have, or have had, an intimate personal relationship with each other which is or was of significant duration. How is ‘significant duration’ defined and how long is considered significant?

‘Associated persons’ as defined in section 62(3) of Family Law Act 1996 includes people who have, or have had, an intimate personal relationship with...
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19th May
Practice notes

Forced marriage protection orders

Forced marriage protection ordersWhen sections 120–121 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (ABCPA 2014) came into effect on 16...
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19th May
Practice notes

The ground for divorce

The ground for divorceBar on petition for divorce within one year of marriageA petition for divorce cannot be presented to the court before the...
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19th May
Practice notes

Mesher and Martin orders

Mesher and Martin ordersThe court may consider it appropriate for one party to remain in a property, with the other party retaining an interest in...
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19th May
Practice notes

Void and voidable marriages

Void and voidable marriagesThe Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (MCA 1973) sets out the grounds on which a marriage is void or voidable and the bars...
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19th May
Practice notes

General principles—lump sum orders

General principles—lump sum ordersThis Practice Note sets out the general principles to be applied by the court when considering whether to make a...
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19th May
Practice notes

Drafting the terms of a financial consent order

Drafting the terms of a financial consent orderThis Practice Note sets out the basic principles to be applied when drafting a financial consent order...
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19th May
Practice notes

Application to vary, extend or discharge a non-molestation or occupation order

Application to vary, extend or discharge a non-molestation or occupation orderCoronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the...
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19th May
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Practice notes

Standard orders—arbitration

Standard orders—arbitrationThis Practice Note provides information about, and access to, arbitration standard orders issued by the President of the...
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14th Jul
Q&As

On the first day of a finding of fact hearing in family proceedings, the judge was ill and the hearing could not proceed. Can a claim be made for compensation for the losses incurred, ie counsel’s deemed brief fee and the legal costs already incurred in preparation for that hearing?

On the first day of a finding of fact hearing in family proceedings, the judge was ill and the hearing could not proceed. Can a claim be made for...
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Produced in partnership with Chris Bryden of 4 King’s Bench Walk 13th Jul
Practice notes

Court's case management powers—FPR 2010

Court's case management powers—FPR 2010Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division, regarding...
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9th Jul
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Practice notes

Coronavirus (COVID–19)—news and resources for family lawyers

Coronavirus (COVID–19)—news and resources for family lawyersThis Practice Note sets out key news and guidance in relation to the coronavirus...
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9th Jul
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Practice notes

Child Arrangements Programme—the procedure for section 8 applications

Child Arrangements Programme—the procedure for section 8 applicationsCoronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of...
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7th Jul
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Practice notes

Standard orders—private children

Standard orders—private childrenThis Practice Note provides information about, and access to, private children standard orders issued by the President...
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7th Jul
Practice notes

Reports under section 7 of the Children Act 1989

Reports under section 7 of the Children Act 1989Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division,...
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Produced in partnership with Katherine Illsley of 4 King’s Bench Walk 7th Jul
Practice notes

Standard orders—child abduction

Standard orders—child abductionThis Practice Note provides information about, and access to, child abduction standard orders issued by the President...
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7th Jul
Practice notes

Judicial review—time limits and the pre-action protocol

Judicial review—time limits and the pre-action protocolWhen considering whether and how to bring a claim for judicial review, the first step is to...
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Produced in partnership with Matthew Purchase of Matrix Chambers and Dr Mirza Ahmad of St Philips Chambers 7th Jul
Practice notes

Litigants in person—family proceedings

Litigants in person—family proceedingsFollowing changes to the availability of legal aid made by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders...
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7th Jul
Practice notes

Appeals to the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court

Appeals to the Court of Appeal or the Supreme CourtCoronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family...
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Produced in partnership with David Salter of Deputy High Court judge and Recorder 6th Jul
Practice notes

The Financial Remedies Court

The Financial Remedies CourtCoronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division, regarding all...
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6th Jul
Practice notes

Litigants in person and McKenzie friends—public law

Litigants in person and McKenzie friends—public lawThis Practice Note sets out guidance and best practice in cases where a party is acting in person...
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5th Jul
Practice notes

Public children—Public Law Outline 2014

Public children—Public Law Outline 2014Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division, regarding...
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2nd Jul
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Practice notes

McKenzie friends—private law

McKenzie friends—private lawThe primary guidance in relation to McKenzie friends was issued on 12 July 2010 by the President of the Family Division...
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2nd Jul
Practice notes

Family arbitration—the role of the courts

Family arbitration—the role of the courtsThis Practice Note outlines the role of the courts in relation to family arbitration. In family cases,...
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30th Jun
Practice notes

Judicial review—how to start proceedings

Judicial review—how to start proceedingsThis Practice Note summarises the procedural stages in a judicial review application and then describes in...
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Produced in partnership with Mathew Purchase of Matrix Chambers and Dr Mirza Ahmad of St Philips Chambers 28th Jun
Precedents

Non-court dispute resolution—client guide

Non-court dispute resolution—client guideThis document provides general guidance regarding alternatives to court in family law matters including the...
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23rd Jun
Precedents

Financial disclosure and Form E—client guide

Financial disclosure and Form E—client guideThis document provides general guidance regarding financial disclosure. Your family lawyer will be able to...
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22nd Jun
Practice notes

Service in financial proceedings

Service in financial proceedingsThis Practice Note provides guidance on the procedure to be followed as to service after the issue of a financial...
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21st Jun

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What is a third party debt order (TPDO)?

What is a third party debt order (TPDO)?

What is a third party debt order (TPDO)?This Practice Note explains what a third party debt order (TPDO) (previously known as garnishee orders) is as a means of enforcing a judgment debt, with reference to CPR 72. The order directs a third party who owes money to the judgment debtor to pay that

AML and counter-terrorist financing—source of funds and source of wealth

AML and counter-terrorist financing—source of funds and source of wealth

AML and counter-terrorist financing—source of funds and source of wealthSource of funds and wealth was a key focus of the SRA’s Preventing Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism thematic review, published in March 2018. Its findings included that:•most firms understood the distinction between

The Financial Assistance Scheme—what are the available benefits?

The Financial Assistance Scheme—what are the available benefits?

The Financial Assistance Scheme—what are the available benefits?THIS PRACTICE NOTE APPLIES TO SCHEMES ENTERING THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SCHEME FROM 1 JANUARY 2012.Where a scheme, its employer(s) and individual members have satisfied the criteria for eligibility into the Financial Assistance Scheme

Contract interpretation—express terms in contracts

Contract interpretation—express terms in contracts

Contract interpretation—express terms in contractsExpress and implied contractual terms distinguishedContractual terms may be either express or implied:•express terms—are terms which are actually recorded in a written contract or openly expressed in an oral contract at the time the contract is made