This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes analysis of the second Family Procedure Rules 2010 Practice Direction Update of 2025, which introduces a new pilot scheme, FPR 2010, PD 36ZI. Analyses of the scope of court’s powers under section 37(1) of the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989), the duty to accommodate a child under ChA 1989, s 20 and the revised ES2 template (composite schedule of assets and income) for use in the Financial Remedies Court are included. The recent Supreme Court decision in Standish on sharing, matrimonial and non-matrimonial property is considered. A review of family law in the United Arab Emirates is set out. Recent judgments on sibling contact in adoption proceedings and requesting access to court documents and the principles of open justice are also considered.

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes details of the Resolution domestic abuse in financial remedy proceedings report and the Duxbury working party provisional report. Mr Justice Peel’s comments in a recent judgment on the importance of financial dispute resolution hearings are also considered.

This week’s edition of the Family weekly highlights includes details of an update to the final consent order submission route in the HMCTS online Financial Remedy Service, the Law Commission consultation events on kinship care reform and Lord Briggs’ appointment as the next President of the UK Supreme Court. Details of the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2027 are set out. The Supreme Court’s decision considering the exceptions under the 1980 Hague Convention is also considered.

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes a Family Court decision which considers Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 and a High Court decision allowing an application for declaration of parentage. The HMCTS updated guidance on applying for a final order as a respondent solicitor is considered. Details of a new online family proceedings toolkit are also set out.

This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes analysis of proportionality in the duration of orders under section 91(14) of the Children Act 1989, and details of the newly launched consultation on the first Online Procedure Rules by the Online Procedure Rule Committee. Analysis of valuation and expert evidence issues in financial remedy proceedings is also set out. Recent judgments on an application by children for permission to be separately represented, an appeal by a witness against a fact-finding decision and an application to set aside a financial remedy consent order on the basis of fraudulent non-disclosure are also considered.

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes analysis of private children orders where there is a risk of abduction, together with details of recent cases on local authority duties to accommodate a child and child maintenance and human rights. The annual report and accounts of Cafcass are also set out, together with a speech from the Deputy President of the Supreme Court on the law and AI. Survivors of domestic abuse and their lived experiences with temporary ‘safe’ accommodation and Ministry of Justice guidance on accessing and attending court hearings are also considered.

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes analysis of an application for the change of a child’s name in a case of serious sexual abuse. Details of the President of the Family Division’s Transparency in the family courts publication of judgments practice guidance is also considered, together with the Law Commission’s consultation on contempt of court.

This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes details of updated family remote participation guidance, the Ministry of Justice’s consultation on wide-ranging reform of the law governing the financial consequences of relationship breakdown in England and Wales to better protect couples and their children and the Supreme Court’s departure from the Cheshire West ‘acid test’ for deprivation of liberty. Recent judgments on the validity of an overseas customary marriage and a father’s application to remove his own parental responsibility are also considered.

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes details of the 2023 Family Law Awards, to be held on 27 November 2023 and changes to the guidance notes for Form EX107 (transcript request). Set aside in light of one party’s non-disclosure is considered, together with issues that arise when parties wish to distance themselves from the evidence of a single joint expert when valuing a business in financial remedy proceedings.

This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes consideration of recent judgments on the threshold for leave under Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 in the ongoing Potanina v Potanin proceedings, prohibition on international travel to a conflict-affected region subject to Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office advice against travel, summary return orders under the inherent jurisdiction and fact-finding hearings where there are allegations of domestic abuse. Updated Cafcass guidance on understanding why a child does not want to spend family time with a parent is also set out.

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes a review of the most significant family law developments in 2024 and discussion of what might be the key developments in 2025. Details of the Transparency and Open Justice Board's invitation to respond to its proposed key objectives, Family Justice Council guidance on responding to allegations of alienating behaviour and updated MyHMCTS How to apply online for a divorce or dissolution guidance are set out. The expansion of the transparency reporting pilot for financial remedy proceedings and recent judgments on failure to provide accommodation and care proceedings are considered. New graphics added to Lexis+ Family Practical Guidance in 2024 are also set out.

This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes details of the latest minutes from the Family Procedure Rules Committee meeting and the Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos’ speech addressing AI integration in civil and criminal justice systems. Recent judgments on fostering or adoption, child maintenance and losses from a self-employed business and legal services payment orders are also considered. A new How to guide has been added on how to complete financial statement in Form E.