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HM Land Registry updates Practice Guide 6

HM Land Registry updates Practice Guide 6

HM Land Registry updates Practice Guide 6 HM Land Registry (HMLR) has updated Practice Guide 6—Devolution on the death of a registered

Attorney General's Office publishes guidance on prosecution consent requirements

Attorney General's Office publishes guidance on prosecution consent requirements

Attorney General's Office publishes guidance on prosecution consent requirementsThe Attorney General's Office has published guidance detailing the

SFO updates corporate prosecution guidance

SFO updates corporate prosecution guidance

SFO updates corporate prosecution guidanceThe Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has updated its corporate prosecution guidance, originally published in

DWP launches consultation to inform third State Pension age review

DWP launches consultation to inform third State Pension age review

DWP launches consultation to inform third State Pension age reviewThe Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a call for evidence to

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Family weekly highlights—3 July 2025

This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes analysis of section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 and Schedule 1 to the Children Act...
3rd Jul
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Scope of court’s powers under section 37(1) of the Children Act 1989 (Re E (Section 37 Direction))

Family analysis: This case considered the interpretation of section 37(1) of the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989) empowering the court to direct a local...
3rd Jul
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Court of Appeal allows Council’s appeal in connection with Judicial Review claim (Surrey County Council v R (on the application of BC)

Local Government analysis: The Court of Appeal (‘Court’) allowed the appeal brought by Surrey County Council (SCC) in connection with the judge’s...
3rd Jul
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High Court judgment demonstrates usefulness of section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 in Schedule 1 claims (Re P (A Child) (Financial Provision))

Family analysis: In this Schedule 1 case the mother received, for her son’s benefit: a housing fund of nearly £1m (the property to be held on trust);...
30th Jun
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Family weekly highlights—26 June 2025

This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes analysis of the new Pension Schemes Bill and consideration of Hadkinson and unless orders...
26th Jun
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Hadkinson versus unless orders (Ahmad v Faraj)

Family analysis: The court was concerned with the failure of one party, the husband, to comply with a legal services payment order (LSPO) made in...
20th Jun
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Family weekly highlights—19 June 2025

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes details of the latest Online Procedure Rule Committee meeting minutes and the evidence given...
19th Jun
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Family weekly highlights—12 June 2025

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes details of a speech by Mr Justice Nicklin on open justice and details of the Migration...
12th Jun
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MAC publishes family visa financial requirements review

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has published its report on the minimum income requirement (MIR) for the partner migration route recommending...
10th Jun
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Family weekly highlights—5 June 2025

This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes analysis of a decision concerning the additional considerations for older intended...
5th Jun
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Additional considerations for older intended parents considering international surrogacy (Mr and Mrs K v Mr and Mrs Z)

Family analysis: In Mr and Mrs K v Mr and Mrs Z the court considered an application for a parental order by the intended parents, (the applicants),...
30th May
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Family weekly highlights—29 May 2025

This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes analysis of the implications of the Family Justice Council guidance on covert recordings...
29th May
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What are the implications of the FJC guidance on covert recordings in children proceedings?

Family analysis: The final version of the Family Justice Council (FJC) guidance on covert recordings in family law proceedings concerning children has...
22nd May
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Family weekly highlights—22 May 2025

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes details of the speech delivered by the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew...
22nd May
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The necessity of a DOLs order where all parties with parental responsibility consent (J (through his Children's Guardian) v Bath and North East Somerset Council and others)

Family analysis: The Court of Appeal held that even in cases where the local authority and the parents of a profoundly disabled 14-year-old agreed to...
21st May
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Correct timescales and the procedure for applications for permission to appeal (Re F (A Minor) (Permission To Appeal))

Family analysis: Mr Justice Hayden gave consideration to the requirements, including timescales, on an application for permission to appeal made to...
21st May
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Principles applicable by Court of Protection for recognition and enforcement of Scottish Guardianship order (Argyll and Bute Council v RF)

Private Client analysis: The case concerns a guardianship order made in Scotland in January 2025 for three years in respect of RF. There were two...
20th May
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President of the Family Division delivers speech on changes and future priorities

The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has delivered a speech at the 2025 Resolution Conference reflecting on decades of change...
19th May
News

Costs of maintenance pending suit application disproportionate to relief sought (DSD v MJW)

Family analysis: This straightforward judgment is a salutary warning to would-be maintenance pending suit (MPS) applicants in respect of...
16th May
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Does the shortfall in experts’ fees always fall to the local authority? (Re K and Re S (Legal Aid: Experts’ Fees)

Family analysis: It has been a longstanding practice in public law children cases that when experts’ fees exceed the rates set out in the Legal Aid...
16th May

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