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Family weekly highlights—20 July 2023

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Published on: 20 July 2023

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Table of contents

Practice and procedure
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary publishes speech by the Master of the Rolls on driving system change and addressing injustice
New chair of the Law Commission
New administration for Family Mediation Voucher Scheme
HMCTS communications and engagement survey 2023
HMCTS publishes updated operational summary for week commencing 17 July 2023
Emergency procedures
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary issues practice guidance for non-molestation injunctions
Domestic Abuse Commissioner calls for reforms
International children

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Article summary

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes details of new practice guidance from the President of the Family Division on non-molestation injunctions. A High Court decision on the lawfulness of a deprivation of liberty for medical treatment is set out, together with the High Court’s refusal to order the summary return of a child from Dubai as it would not be in the child’s best interests. Details of a speech by the Master of the Rolls on driving system change and addressing injustice are also considered.

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