Family Law

If you can't wait to catch a glimpse of the brand new 2016 Red Book (The Family Court Practice), you can now take a quick look behind the scenes. 

So, what can you look forward to in the 2016 edition?

• A new Procedural Guide on Setting Aside a Financial Relief Order
• The latest amendments to the CPR and the FPR (including: Part 39 – Attachment of Earnings; and Part 40 – Charging Order, Stop Order, Stop Notice, plus PD40A)
• Recent guidance on:
  • Tagging or Electronic Monitoring in Family Cases
  • Financial Remedies Unit at the Central Family Court
  • Committal for Contempt of Court
  • Arbitration in the Family Court, plus expert commentary on arbitration, including DB v DLJ [2016] EWHC 324 (Fam)
  • The Efficient Conduct of Financial Remedy Hearings
• Updated commentary on:
  • the Supreme Court’s decisions in Sharland and Gohil, including substantial updates to Procedural Guide E6: Applications to Re-open or Set Aside Final Court Orders
  • cases of alleged radicalisation, including Re X (Children) (No 3) [2015] EWHC 3651 
  • add-backs, including MAP v MFP [2015] EWHC 627 (Fam)
  • pensions valuation and pensions sharing, including WS v WS [2015] EWHC 3941 (Fam)
  • children giving evidence, including Re R (Children) [2015] EWCA Civ 167)
  • parental responsibility and same-sex families, including JB v KS and E (Contact: Parental Responsibility) [2015] 2 FLR 1180
  • removal of a child from the jurisdiction, including Re J (A child) [2015] UKSC 70
  • provision of accommodation for children and the use of CA 1989, s 20, including Re N (Children) (Adoption: Jurisdiction) [2015] EWCA Civ 1112
  • child arrangements and supervision of contact, including Re S (A Child): (Child Arrangements Order: Effect of Long-Term Supervised Contact on Welfare) [2015] EWCA Civ 689
  • burden and standard of proof, including Re A (A Child) [2015] EWFC 11
  • parents with disabilities, including Re D (A Child) (No 3) [2016] EWFC 1
  • occupation rights under FLA 1996 and interim orders for sale, including BR v VT [2015] EWHC 2727 (Fam)
  • the Maintenance Regulation, including Ramadani v Ramadani [2015] EWCA Civ 1138 

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