Family weekly highlights—3 August 2023

Published on: 03 August 2023

Published by a LexisNexis Family expert

Practice and procedure
Revised guide to judicial conduct released
HMCTS publishes updated operational summary for week commencing 31 July 2023
Domestic abuse
Government response to consultation on controlling or coercive behaviour statutory guidance
Financial provision
Successful set aside of financial consent order on basis of non-disclosure (EK v DK and others)
PLSA issues results of survey on pension sharing charges on divorce
Public children
Instruction of solicitor (Re C (a child) (ability to instruct solicitor))

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Article summary

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes consideration of the successful set aside of a financial consent order on the basis of non-disclosure and the government response to the consultation on controlling or coercive behaviour statutory guidance, together with Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) guidance on the process of taking or giving evidence from abroad and the results of a survey on pension sharing charges on divorce. In addition, recently updated content is detailed including a new Practice Note, Family calculators, which sets out calculators to assist family lawyers.