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This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes details of Sir Andrew McFarlane’s retirement as President of the Family Division, the...
HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has published a release note confirming that solicitors can now update their own contact details on the...
Family analysis: The Court of Appeal’s judgment in Re B-A (Placement Order and Contact Order) considered the local authority’s application to appeal...
Family analysis: In ‘Father’ v ‘Mother’ (The Secretary of State for Justice and others, intervening) and other cases, the Court of Appeal considered...
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...
Procedure—application to appoint or remove a guardianThis Practice Note explains the procedure for the appointment or removal of a guardian for a child. It sets out who the respondents to the application will be, together with any other people who must be given notice of the proceedings. It explains
Can the court make an interim child arrangements order?The court may make an interim child arrangements order, namely an order intended to be short-term until determination of any issues in the case at a final hearing, under section 8 of the Children Act 1989.There are various cases where it can be
Declarations of parentage—procedureThis Practice Note sets out the procedure when making an application for a declaration of parentage under the Family Law Act 1986 (FLA 1986). It deals with making and serving the application, evidence, directions and case management. It considers declarations of
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
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