Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division in England & Wales, and Lord Carloway, head of the Scottish judiciary, have agreed a
new judicial protocol regulating direct judicial communications between Scotland, and England and Wales, in children’s cases.
The protocol provides for the direct exchange of information between judges in intra-UK cross-border cases involving children. It will allow for the prompt exchange of key information about any existing proceedings, and the legal options available to the court in each jurisdiction.
