Our articles are written by experts in their field and include barristers, solicitors, judges, mediators, academics and professionals from a range of related disciplines. Family Law provides a platform for debate for all the important topics, from divorce and care proceedings to transparency and access to justice. If you would like to contribute please email editor@familylaw.co.uk.
Spotlight
A day in the life Of...
Read on

View from the foot of the Tower: Playing catch-up

Date:25 APR 2014

As Ferris Bueller almost said - guidance from the senior courts moves pretty fast if you don't stop and look around once in a while you could miss it.

So by way of a catch-up here are the things that the High Court and Court of Appeal have told lawyers that they must do or understand just this year. It is only April and here is what we have already been hit with.

(1) Not play any part in drawing up facts and reasons in agreed / uncontested cases being dealt with by Justices.

Re NL (A Child) (Appeal: Interim Care Order: Facts and Reasons) [2014] EWHC 270 (Fam) [2014] 2 FLR (forthcoming) reported at April [2014] Fam Law 427

(2) To grasp any issues of disability...

Read the full article here.