Amy Sanders: Summary of the latest ‘View From The President’s Chambers’

The previous View from the President's Chambers entitled The process of reform published in the May issue of Family Law referred to work underway on a revised Public Law Outline ‘PLO'.

In June the journal publishes a further instalment in the series View from the President's Chambers: it is entitled The process of reform: the revised PLO and the local authority. In it Sir James Munby looks in detail at the reforms. An interim version of the revised PLO will come into effect on 1 July 2013 with the final version (incorporating any adjustments) to be brought into force in April 2014. The main outlines of the revised PLO are however already clear and unlikely to change substantially.

Emphasis has previously been placed on the importance of the first hearing which is to be the effective case management hearing and set each matter on course to meet the 26 week deadline. Crucial to the progress all other parties are able to make will be the compliance of the local authority with its obligations under...

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