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At its heart Adepoju v Akinola [2016] EWHC 3160 (Ch) was a simple probate case. However, the judgment also provides a useful reminder to litigants as to how the court decides a case. The case was...

The Court of Appeal has this morning (26 January) handed down judgment in R (Ferreira) v HM Senior Coroner for Inner South London & Ors [2017] EWCA Civ 31. We will have full...

Procedure and proof in judgment summons and committal proceedingsThe starting point for this article is the judgment summons application and Iqbal v Iqbal [2017] EWCA Civ 19 (judgment of Sir Ernest...

The below article appears in the January issue of Family Law at [2017] Fam Law 114 and has been made available, free of charge, as a service to our readers.In his...

The making of a secure accommodation order lies at the extreme end of the court’s powers. However, they are not uncommon. They are, in fact, fairly regularly used in relation to teenagers who put...

Jo-Ann Maycock, Development Co-ordinator FDAC National UnitThis is the second blog in our series of blogs about FDAC. Here we are going to describe one of the key differences between FDAC and ordinary...

Roopa Ahluwalia, Senior Associate, Mediator and Collaborative Lawyer, Birketts LLPX v X (Application for a Financial Remedies Order) [2016] EWHC 1995 (Fam), decided in mid-2016, has a particularly...

In a nutshell:The President of the Family Division has produced his 16th View from the President’s Chambers entitled ‘Children and vulnerable witnesses – where are we?’, released in...

Report to the President of the Family Division1. In January 2016, Women’s Aid published, as part of its Child First Campaign, a report entitled ‘Nineteen Child Homicides: What must change so children...

Following discussions with the Association of District Judges, the editors of the Red Book and others, the President of the Family Division has revised his Guidance, which was originally issued in...

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