This week’s edition of the Family weekly highlights includes details of amendments made to the Disclosure of Information between Family and Criminal Agencies and Jurisdictions: 2024 Protocol, operational arrangements in relation to the new Business and Property Division and the updated HM Land Registry Practice Guide on home rights and applications under the Family Law Act 1996. Recent judgments on foster carers and special guardianship orders, parental alienation and setting aside financial dispositions are also considered. A new Procedural Guide has been added covering the steps to be taken in public law children proceedings under the Public Law Outline as set out in Family Procedure Rules 2010, PD 12A.

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes details of the second Family Procedure Rules 2010 Practice Direction update of 2024 and increases to selected court fees in family proceedings. Details of the robing pilot at the Central Family Court are set out, together with a High Court decision on contact with an egg donor for the purposes of genetic analysis.

This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes recent judgments on an application for a special guardianship order, appeals against the return of a child under the 1980 Hague Convention and a judge’s recusal decision, applications under section 51A of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 for adopters to facilitate sibling contact and publication of a fact-finding judgment and the identity of a witness in private children proceedings are considered. New guidance from the President of the Family Division on non-molestation orders together with Family Justice Council guidance on making an application for a protective injunction are also set out. Seven new Practice Notes have been added on the defences under the 1980 Hague Convention and setting aside financial remedy orders.

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes analysis of the Supreme Court decision on the responsibility of local authorities to protect children and rescission of decree nisi where the parties have reconciled. Updated guidance from HM Courts and Tribunals Service on the Cloud Video Platform (CVP) is also set out, together with details of the expansion of the Transparency Implementation Group reporting pilot to 16 additional courts.

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes details of the extension of the transparency reporting pilot in the Family court to include private children cases and new guidance for designated family judges engaging with the media in transparency reporting pilot courts, the Online Procedure Rule Committee launch of its sub-committee and a Suspected Inflicted Head Injury Service (SIHIS) pilot information session which is due to take place on 25 July 2024. The Court of Appeal’s warnings about the dangers in a judge elevating their own independent analysis of medical evidence to a status above other evidence is also set out.

This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes recent judgments on a father’s application to vary a child arrangements order, an appeal against a care order and an application for a summary return order. Analyses of the Court of Appeal’s clarification of the approach to non-party access to Court of Protection documents in proceedings conducted under transparency arrangements and the Supreme Court’s decision considering deprivation of liberty overruling the decision in Cheshire West and Chester Council v P are also included.

This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes details of the Ministry of Justice’s evaluation report of the HMCTS reform digital services together with the Public Accounts committee report on improving family court services for children and the re-release of the Payment by Account dropdown feature by HMCTS. Recent judgments on variation of transparency orders in public children proceedings and wardship/return orders under the inherent jurisdiction are also considered. A new checklist on the appointment of intermediaries in family proceedings has been added to the capacity and vulnerable parties subtopic.

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes details of the Family Procedure (Amendment No 2) Rules 2024, the Law Commission scoping paper on financial remedies on divorce and dissolution and minutes from the Online Procedure Rule Committee meetings. The Family Procedure Rules 2010 Practice Direction Update No 7 of 2024 is also considered. Recent judgements on representation and procedural unfairness, inter-country adoption and strike out of an application for nullity are considered. Three new graphics added to Practice Notes in Family Practical Guidance are also set out.

This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes analyses of the new Family Procedure Rules 2010, PD 27A on court bundles which is in force from 2 March 2026 and the Property (Digital Assets etc) Act 2025. Details of the new automated hearing adjournment function enabling HMCTS caseworkers to adjourn hearings directly within the Financial Remedy Service recently introduced by HMCTS and a consultation on draft guidance relating to short notice applications in public law children proceedings are included. Recent judgments on child arrangements orders, alienating behaviours in private law proceedings and foreign adoption are also considered.

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes details of the latest Online Procedure Rule Committee meeting minutes and the evidence given at the annual session of the Lords Constitution Committee. Recent judgments on the duty to accommodate a child, foreign adoption and child maintenance are considered. A new flowchart on the threshold criteria in public children proceedings is also set out.

This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes details of the new Child Focused Courts (previously known as Private Law Pathfinder) and minutes from the latest Family Procedure Rules Committee meeting. Analysis of the new Financial Remedies Guide issued by Mr Justice Peel and HHJ Hess with the approval of the President of the Family Division on 13 March 2026 consolidating existing guidance and efficiency statements is set out. Recent judgments on determining the validity of foreign marriages, an appeal against a costs order made in private law proceedings and non-matrimonial property in financial proceedings are also considered.

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes analysis of the role of public bodies in forced marriage cases, a reminder about changes to HMCTS Cloud Video Platform and the Video Hearings Service and details of the new Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill. A financial remedy release note enabling respondent solicitors to lodge final consent orders directly on the HMCTS portal to finalise contested proceedings is also set out, together with details of a new Precedent client guide on the variation of financial remedy orders.