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Mr Justice Mostyn: Amendments to standard orders

Standard Orders: Non-molestation order Order No. 10.1 (Non-molestation order) is amended to include in para 1 the respondent’s date of birth, the omission of which has caused occasional identification problems and unnecessary automated alerts from the Police National Database. The application form FL401 requires the applicant to provide the respondent’s date of...

Sara Chalk (2018)

On 9 September 2021 the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 came into force, amending the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010 so as to prohibit the placement of a looked after child under the age of 16 in unregulated accommodation. The intention of...

Gary Fawcett (1975)

1 In proceedings where:- W had filed 15 statements and H 26, and there were one human third party respondent and four company respondents and there had been injunction, preliminary issue hearings and allied admiralty proceedings and the parties assets schedules were millions apart and there were 4 trial bundles, a core bundle, a library...

The Competition and Markets Authority's interim report on children's social care has outlined significant concerns about the availability of placements and the profits of private providers. The initial findings are the result of a market study that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched in March. The study's interim...

The 7th Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010) Practice Direction update of 2021 has been published. The Practice Direction update makes amendments to three Practice Directions: FPR 2010, PD 36M (Pilot Scheme: Procedure for using an online system to generate, file and continue applications in certain public law proceedings related to children) is amended...

President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has issued a memorandum setting out the approach for drafting orders in the Family Court, in order to mitigate a number of problems. Click here for the full details....

The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has issued a memorandum setting out how witness statements should be prepared for use in the Family Courts to ensure they meet proper professional standards. Click here for the full details. ...

We would be delighted if you could come along on the 17th December 2021, to the Ageas Bowl in the Ageas Suite, Botley Rd, West End, Southampton SO30 3XH from 6pm onwards to join us for drinks, canapés, music and festive fun. Please RSVP to clerks@no18chambers.com or contact us on 02380...

Both parts of The Financial Remedies Court – The Way Forward report have been published and are available to read below. HHJ Stuart Farquhar (Lead Judge of the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Financial Remedies Court (FRC)) was asked by The Honourable Mr Justice Mostyn earlier in 2021 to convene and lead...

Court fees have changed as of 30th of September 2021. The introduction of the Court Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2021 which will increase certain Court fees for the first time since 2016 will come into force on 30th September 2021. The Court fees are increasing by around 8% to come in...

Please find attached Sir Andrew McFarlane (President of the Family Division) speech to the Family Law Bar Association (FLBA) National Conference in Manchester on the16 October 2021....

Barnaby Large (2007)

Chambers are delighted to announce that Barnaby Large has been appointed as an Independent Funding Adjudicator member of the Legal Aid Agency review panel. Within the role he will be determining second stage appeals from the Legal Aid Agency's decision making, predominantly from the family and employment jurisdictions. Barnaby will continue this...

This memorandum seeks to explain the principles applied by the Family Court when it considers whether to authorise or admit expert evidence It also repeats the reminder that experts should only be instructed when to do so is ‘necessary’ to assist the court in resolving issues justly. Click here for...

SAVE THE DATE : CHAMBER CHRISTMAS PARTY

Put the date in your diary – No.18’s Christmas Party is back..!!! It will be the 17th December 2021 at the Ageas Bowl in the Ageas Suite, Botley Rd, West End, Southampton SO30 3XH from 6pm onwards to join us for drinks, canapés and festive fun. ...

The recent appeal in Paramount Shopfitting Co Ltd v Rix [2021] EWCA Civ 1172 has provided the opportunity to review the law on the interesting question of how the court should assess the loss of dependency in the 'family business' situation, when the business's founder and 'main (wo)man' has died,...

No.18 Chambers are delighted to announce we have again received recognition for the sixth year running in the annual Legal 500 rankings. The Legal 500 assesses law firms throughout the country and this year No.18 Chambers have been named as one of the recommended sets on the Western Circuit for...

Important new research from the Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research (MICRA), a seedcorn project supported by the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI), has concluded that pension sharing on divorce could have a substantial impact on women's finances in later life. The report also finds that any trade-offs between house and...

Divorce applications move online

From Monday 13 September 2021 legal representatives must submit all applications for divorce online using MyHMCTS. The only exceptions are applications for civil partnership dissolution, judicial separation and nullity, which should be filed at the Bury St. Edmunds Regional Divorce Centre. The change follows an update to the...

Costs and needs based awards

Gary Fawcett (1975)

This short article is to draw attention to recent cases where the court has considered the effect of the parties costs on a needs based award. Three recent High Court cases were referred to by the Court of Appeal in the decision of Azarmi-Movafagh v Bassiri-Dezfouli [2021] EWCA Civ 1184.[1] They...

FAMILY TIES

Theo Huckle KC (1985 | KC: 2011)

The recent appeal in Paramount Shopfitting Co Ltd v Rix [2021] EWCA Civ 1172 has provided the opportunity to review the law on the interesting question of how the court should assess the loss of dependency in the 'family business' situation, when the business's founder and 'main (wo)man' has died,...

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