The President of the Family Division has reissued the Practic Direction on Domestic Violence in the light of Re B (Children) [2008] UKHL 35, to clarify that a fact-finding hearing is part of the process of trying a case and is not a separate exercise. The amendments serve to...

      The Principal Registry of the Family Division Representation of Children in family proceedings President's Direction Pursuant to rule 9.5 of the Family Proceedings Rules The proper conduct and disposal of proceedings concerning a child which are not specified proceedings...

    Appeal to allow independent representation of children under r 9.2A of the FPR 1991 Case No: B4/2005/0558 Neutral Citation Number: [2005] EWCA Civ 634 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION) ON APPEAL FROM SALISBURY COUNTY COURT HIS HONOUR JUDGE...

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  A (A Child) [2007] EWCA Civ 899 __________________________ Case No: B4/2007/0796 Neutral Citation Number: [2007] EWCA Civ 899 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION) ON APPEAL FROM CANTERBURY COUNTY COURT (MR RECORDER PULMAN QC) (LOWER COURT No....

    Application for permission to appeal the refusal of leave to remove a seven year-old girl, I to go to live in Australia. Application refused. The mother had recently married a man who, although English, had lived in Australia for 23 years. She wished to live with him in Australia,...

     1 It is issued as guidance (not as a Practice Direction) by the Master of the Rolls, as Head of Civil Justice, and the President of the Family Division, as Head of Family Justice. It is intended to remind courts and litigants of the principles set out in the authorities and...

    C (A Child) [2011] EWCA Civ 261 Court of Appeal: the Court should ensure that all avenues have been exhausted before concluding that contact should be terminated. In difficult cases the attendance of the CAFCASS officer may be required even if it leads to an adjournment; it may be...

  These orders are obtained from the court to ensure the short term safety of a child. Any person can make an application including a local authority or other authorised body. The court will only make the order if they are satisfied that there is reasonable cause to believe that the child is...

  W v W [2010] EWHC 332 (Fam) Application by father for return of three children to the Republic of Ireland under the Hague Convention. Application failed. The mother was English and the father Irish and they married in October 2007 after cohabiting for several years. The children were 8, 6...