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         <title><![CDATA[GUIDELINES IN RELATION TO CHILDREN GIVING EVIDENCE IN FAMILY PROCEEDINGS]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[LADY HALE&nbsp;giving the judgment of the court:
1. At issue in this case are the principles which should guide the exercise of the court’s discretion in deciding whether to order a child to attend to give evidence in family proceedings. The current approach was stated by Smith LJ in&nbsp;LM v Medway Council, RM and YM&nbsp;[2007] EWCA Civ 9, [2007] 1 FLR 1698, at para 44:
“The correct starting point . . . is that it is undesirable that a child should have to give evidence in care proceedings...<br />
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         <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2022 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Failed drug test in family law cases R (A Child - Care Order) [2017] EWHC 364 (Fam)]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[R (A Child - Care Order) [2017] EWHC 364 (Fam)
Judgment in a re-hearing in care proceedings in relation to a child, whose mother accepted that she had a long, chronic history of substance misuse. The two central issues were: (i) the interpretation of hair strand test results, and (ii) resolution of the child's welfare.
Background
R,&nbsp;who is now 2½ years old, was removed from his mother's care, pursuant to police protective powers; Mother had used GHB whilst caring for R and received a...<br />
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         <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[M (Children) [2013] EWCA Civ 1147  Appeal against order refusing father's contact with his three sons, aged 7, 5 and 3. Appeal allowed, order set aside and case remitted for rehearing. ]]></title>
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A father of three boys (7, 5 and 3) appealed an order refusing his application for contact. The case had involved significant domestic violence from the father to the mother, witnessed by the two elder children. The father had also had historical criminal convictions including causing grievous bodily harm with intent. Prior to the final hearing, the father had not seen the boys for 18 months, but had attended a number of courses aimed at addressing his violent behaviour.

The judge,...<br />
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         <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2020 11:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[H (Children) [2014] EWCA Civ 733  Mother’s application to the Court of Appeal for permission to appeal against what she contended was a “pre-emptory” change of interim residence orders in respect of her three sons]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[H (Children) [2014] EWCA Civ 733
Mother’s application to the Court of Appeal for permission to appeal against what she contended was a “pre-emptory” change of interim residence orders in respect of her three sons
This was an application for permission to appeal with appeal to follow made by the mother of three boys, A, aged 15½, B, aged 13½ and C, aged 11¾ years, in which she sought to appeal the (interim) residence orders of Mrs Justice Parker made on 23rd December 2013. The mother and three...<br />
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         <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2020 11:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Re S (Parental Alienation: Cult) [2020] EWCA Civ 568]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Re S (Parental Alienation: Cult) [2020] EWCA Civ 568
The Court of Appeal allowed an appeal by a father against the dismissal of his application for Lara, an 9 year old girl, to live with him, in circumstances where the trial judge had found that Lara had suffered harm in the context of her mother’s adherence to Universal Medicine, found by the judge to be a cult, and that a process of alienating Lara from her father had begun.
Universal Medicine
Universal Medicine is a belief system founded in...<br />
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         <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2020 10:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hague Convention Re E (Children) [2011] UKSC 27 Appeal to the Supreme Court by mother against an order for the return of children under the Hague , on the grounds that the judge had failed to apply Article 13(b) of the Convention. Appeal dismissed.]]></title>
         <link>https://www.mckenziefriendfamilylaw.com/news/re-e-children-2011-uksc-27-appeal-to-the-supreme-court-by-mother-against-an-order-for-the-return-of-children-under-the-hague-convention-on-the-grounds-that-the-judge-had-failed-to-apply-article-13-b-of-the-convention-appeal-dismissed/</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Appeal to the Supreme Court by mother against an order for the return of children under the Hague Convention, on the grounds that the judge had failed to apply Article 13(b) of the Convention. Appeal dismissed.
Background to the appeal&nbsp;
This case concerns two little girls whom the court refers to as Livi and Milly so as to protect their anonymity. Livi is seven and Milly is four. They were born in Norway to a British mother and a Norwegian father, who married shortly after Livi's birth....<br />
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         <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2018 15:41:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Judgment in intractable contact / parental alienation case, giving guidance on case management in such matters]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Re E (A Child) [2011] EWHC 3521 (Fam)
Judgment in intractable contact / parental alienation case, giving guidance on case management in such matters
By the time of the final hearing the child was 8 ½ years old and had not seen the father for 3 ½ years. There was evidence that the relationship between father and child had been positive up until and including the last contact. The father's application for contact was issued in October 2006. The child began resisting contact in January 2008. The...<br />
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         <pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2017 10:14:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[W-B (A Child) [2012] EWCA Civ 592 Appeal as to whether proceedings, concerning the residence of the parties’ child, should take place in Scotland, where she now lived with the mother, or England. Appeal allowed.]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[W-B (A Child) [2012] EWCA Civ 592
Appeal as to whether proceedings, concerning the residence of the parties’ child, should take place in Scotland, where she now lived with the mother, or England. Appeal allowed.
This was an appeal by a mother in private law proceedings.&nbsp; The parents were separated and the father had been having contact until the mother removed the child, A, to Scotland without the father's knowledge or consent.&nbsp; The father issued proceedings in the Southend County...<br />
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         <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2016 18:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Re C (Internal Relocation) [2015] EWCA Civ 1305 ]]></title>
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In the case of&nbsp;
child relocation specialist&nbsp;Anna Worwood of Penningtons Manches LLP, acted for the appellant father (instructing Charles Hale QC). The father's appeal generated a necessary consideration of the proper principles to be applied in cases involving internal relocation, including full submissions made by the intervenors, the International Centre for Family Law, Policy and Practice. &nbsp;&nbsp;
The judgment explains that it is the welfare principle in...<br />
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         <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2015 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Re F [A] Child International Relocation Cases]]></title>
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To consider
The law to be applied in an international child relocation case was set out in K v K (Children: Permanent Removal from Jurisdiction) [2011] EWCA Civ 793
A father's appeal against an order giving the mother leave to remove their 12-year-old daughter to Germany was allowed in a very important Court of Appeal decision, in August 2015.
The appeal in&nbsp;Re F (A Child) (International Relocation Cases) [2015] EWCA Civ 882&nbsp;concerned the 12-year-old daughter (L) of...<br />
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         <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2015 00:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Child development research highlights need to reduce delays in family justice system]]></title>
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	A new research paper commissioned by Department of Education warns that the family justice system needs to reduce delays in making decisions regarding the welfare of children in order to prevent long-term damage to their development.

	The paper was prepared by Rebecca Brown and Harriet Ward from the Childhood Wellbeing Research Centre and brings together key research evidence to facilitate understanding among professionals working in the family justice system.

	It was commissioned in...<br />
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         <pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Guidelines in relation to children giving evidence in family proceedings]]></title>
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	These guidelines on the issue of children giving evidence in family proceedings, have been produced by the Family Justice Council Working Party on Children Giving Evidence, chaired by the Lord Justice Thorpe. The working party was set up following a referral from the Court of Appeal in Re W [2010] Civ 57. The Supreme Court in Re W [2010] UKSC 12 subsequently held that there was no longer a presumption or even a starting point against children giving evidence in such cases.
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         <pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Legal aid bill set to become law]]></title>
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	The reforms will make considerable changes to the legal aid system, including reversing the position under the Access to Justice Act 1999, whereby civil legal aid is available for any matter not specifically excluded. As a result, all private law children cases (subject to limited exceptions) will be removed from the scope of legal aid funding
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         <pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
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