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Re K (Inability to Instruct a Guardian) [2022] EWFC B4

Rachel Chapman (2017)

This was a very short, but very important judgment handed down by HHJ Wildblood QC on 25 January 2022. Of particular interest is the fact that ‘the three legal representatives agree that it is in the public interest that this anonymised judgment should be published’ [1]. This matter was a private...

ADVISORY NOTICE The FRC Efficiency Statement dated 11 January 2022 requires the use of the assets and Income template ES2 at the First Appointment (para 11), the FDR (para 13) and the final hearing (para 21). In our Notice dated 11 January 2022 (as placed on 12 January 2022) we explained...

The new Form D81 (external link, opens in a new tab) (Statement of information for a consent order in relation to a financial remedy) has been published by the Government’s assets publishing service. Pursuant to FPR r. 5.1(1) and PD 5A para 1.1 and tables 1 and 2, the new form is...

Electronic Court Bundles New guidance has been given regarding electronic court bundles, designed to ensure a consistent approach among practitioners, to assist the Court. Key guidance includes: Bundles must be in PDF format • Numbering should not be done by hand • No pages should be upside down ...

Asher Shane (2010)

On 10 November 2021 the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, issued a memorandum giving further guidance on the drafting orders in Family Proceedings, and in particular, the drafting of orders in relation to Private Law Children Cases. Quoting from a speech he gave to the FLBA on 16...

Mr Justice Mostyn and His Honour Judge Hess have issued the following Notice with the authority of the President of the Family Division. "In its report The Financial Remedies Court – The Way Forward (September 2021), the Farquhar Committee made an important recommendation at paras 4.14 and 4.15. It proposed that either...

On 14 January 2022 Mr Justice Mostyn made the following announcement with the endorsement of the President of the Family Division. "The drafting of the money SFOs was completed in 2017 and the children SFOs in 2018. There have been some amendments since then in each sector, but they have largely...

At the end of last year, the Court of Appeal revisited the guidance for the making of orders under s91(14) Children Act 1989. The proceedings concerned an appeal by a mother in relation to a 7-year-old girl. These were described as “what was to prove to be long running and destructive...

Laura Baines (2007)

I represented the Children’s Guardian in this case, which was in the grand scheme of cases we often deal with a long-running public law case [14 months] that had commenced as private law proceedings. It has been reported because the final orders included a restriction on the father’s parental responsibility...

Lead Judge for Private Family Law

The President of the Family Division announced that Mrs Justice Knowles has been appointed to the role of Lead Judge for Private Family Law, with effect from 1 January 2022. She replaces Mr Justice Cobb following his recent appointment as the Lead Reform Judge. The President has expressed his gratitude to Mr...

Please find below a practice statement from the Property Chamber on the tribunal’s consideration of who to appoint as a manager. The purpose of the statement is to give leaseholders, prospective Managers, and landlords, an indication of the Tribunal’s expectations of a proposed Manager when deciding whether to make an order...

Happy new year from all of the team at No 18 Chambers. We are back after a well rested Christmas break. If you need to get in touch call us on 023 80 736 812, e-mail clerks@no18chambers.com...

Click here for the President of the Family Division’s Guidance on E-Bundles for use in the Family Court and Family Division. This guidance supplements the general guidance on electronic bundles for all courts issued by the Senior Presiding Judge, the President of the Family Division and the Judge-in-charge of Live Services...

Wishing you and your families Seasons Greetings from all at No 18 Chambers We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support in 2021 and wish you a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year....

“The Prime Minister has announced that further COVID-19 restrictions will come into force in England this week. The work of courts and tribunals will continue as it has done over the course of the pandemic. The measures being introduced under Plan B mean that hearings should continue to take place in person...

The lead judge for the London Financial Remedies Court, and deputy national lead judge, His Honour Judge Hess, has issued a practice message for those appearing as practitioners or as litigants in the London Financial Remedies Court at the Central Family Court, dealing with, among other things, remote or attended...

Is it sufficient for a tribunal to say that a Respondent’s objective justification defence is “obvious”, in the context of the dismissal of an absent, disabled employee? No, held the EAT in Gray v University of Portsmouth. The Claimant worked as a Service Delivery Analyst at the university. He is...

This Practice Direction sets out the arrangements for the neutral citation of judgments of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) from 1 January 2022. It follows the practice of other jurisdictions including that of the Upper Tribunal. In the EAT, a unique number will be issued by the EAT Office for all...

This general guidance is intended to ensure a level of consistency in the provision of electronic bundles (“e-bundles”) for court hearings (but not tribunal hearings) in a format that promotes the efficient preparation for, and management of, a hearing. It is subject to any specific guidance by particular courts or directions...

On 30 July 2021, a new form for making a contempt application (external link, opens in a new tab), FC600, was added to the prescribed list of Forms in FPR PD5A. In addition four further forms for the use of the court in contempt proceedings have been issued. These are: FC601 (Summons to...

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