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24 March 2020

Courts and Tribunals Judiciary release guidance: 'Coronavirus Crisis: Guidance on Compliance with Family Court Child Arrangement Orders'
The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary have released the following guidance:'During the current Coronavirus Crisis some parents whose children are the subject of Child Arrangements Orders made by the...
News 24 March 2020
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23 March 2020

Co-parenting through Coronavirus: facing the challenges
I’m pleased to say that family mediators are still working across England and Wales, adapting to the current Coronavirus situation, with many using video conferencing as a substitute for...
Jane Robey
Articles 23 March 2020
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20 March 2020

Sir Andrew McFarlane provides national guidance on COVID-19
Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division and Head of Family Justice, released new guidance on COVID-19, which is "intended to be followed with immediate effect by all levels of the...
News 20 March 2020
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19 March 2020

UK/EU family law from 1 January 2021: an update
The UK will not be a party to any EU family laws after December 2020, whether a bespoke family law agreement or any other UK/EU arrangement Brussels II and Maintenance Regulation will then come...
David Hodson OBE MICArb
Articles 19 March 2020
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18 March 2020

AB and BC (Children) [2020] EWHC 162 (Fam)
(Family Division, Russell J, 3 February 2020)Jurisdiction – Habitual residence – Mother's appeal against enforcement of order requiring return of children to Spain to live with fatherThe...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 18 March 2020
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18 March 2020

Suffolk CC v RD and others [2020] EWHC 323 (Fam)
(Family Division, Newton J, 18 February 2020)Public law children – Female Genital Mutilation – Protection order The Family Division granted the application for a Female Genital Mutilation...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 18 March 2020
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18 March 2020

Weisz v Weisz and others [2019] EWHC 3101 (Fam)
(Family Division, Francis J, 2 October 2019)Inheritance – Periodical payments – Lump sum paymentsThe Family Division held that the court had discretion to order both periodic payments and...
Francesca Esposito
Inheritance 18 March 2020
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18 March 2020

YM v NM (Maintenance Pending Suit) [2020] EWFC 13
(Family Court, Macdonald J, 25 February 2020)Financial remedies – Maintenance pending suit – Escrow agreementThe Family Court dismissed the wife's application; in order to pursue her...
Francesca Esposito
Financial Remedies 18 March 2020
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18 March 2020

G (A Child: s 38(6) Assessment) [2020] EWCA Civ 282
(Court of Appeal, Moylan and Peter Jackson LJJ, 28 February 2020)Public law children – Care proceedings – Residential assessmentThe Court of Appeal set aside the assessment; despite the...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 18 March 2020
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17 March 2020

Dealing with the effects of coronavirus in the family courts
Mostyn J has today issued a statement about how financial remedy cases should be dealt with in the light of the COVID-19 situation and Government guidelines. Unsurprisingly, now face-to-face hearings...
Simon Bruce
News 17 March 2020
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