Kate has developed a growing practice in
private family law proceedings in the County Court and High Court including applications for Child Arrangements Orders, Specific Issues Orders and Prohibited Steps Orders.
Hon Simon Hughes MP, established the Voice of the Child Dispute Resolution Advisory Group to ensure that necessary steps are taken to promote child inclusive practice in and out of court dispute resolution processes and that the voices of children and young people are heard in
all private family law proceedings.
Not exact matches
Prior to her appointment as
Law Clerk, Gilda had a
private practice in Ulster County (5 years) specializing in the representation of children and litigants in
Family Court in all areas including abuse / neglect, custody / visitation, juvenile delinquency, persons in need of supervision (PINS), paternity and family offense procee
Family Court in all areas including abuse / neglect, custody / visitation, juvenile delinquency, persons in need of supervision (PINS), paternity and
family offense procee
family offense
proceedings.
In my experience, most
family law practitioners would agree with Mostyn J's reasoning for why
proceedings should be in
private but, even if Holman J is right, it is a matter which has to be addressed sooner rather than later.
The report includes the recommendation that all cases «concerning legal support for children should be brought back into the scope of civil legal aid» and that cases within certain criteria, including local authority involvement in
private law family proceedings, should be covered (see p 28 of the report).
Funding for
private family law cases is generally only available where the applicant for legal aid can show that they are a victim of domestic abuse, or where they can show that the aim of the
proceedings is to protect a child at risk of abuse from a third party (such applications are in scope because of Paras 12 and 13 of Part 1 Schedule 1 of LASPO; see also Chapter 6 of the Handbook).
Throughout her studies Matina has undertaken pro bono work including representing litigants in person at Willesden County Court and West London
Family Court in
private children
law proceedings.
Grant has a wide range of experience dealing with all aspects of
family law including divorce and dissolution;
private law children matters (to include complex Children Act
proceedings and removal from jurisdiction cases); financial cases (to include advising medium to high net worth clients; cases with trust and taxation elements, business and farming interests, pensions and foreign assets); pre-nuptial and pre-civil partnership agreements; separation agreements; cohabitation agreements and disputes and change of name deeds.
A child may apply for leave to participate as a party in
private law proceedings under the provisions in r 9.2 A of the
Family Proceedings Rules 1991 but such applications remain unusual.
He is also regularly instructed in
private law proceedings in respect of contact and residence disputes and in respect of injunctions under the Family Law Act 1996 and Protection from Harassment Act19
law proceedings in respect of contact and residence disputes and in respect of injunctions under the
Family Law Act 1996 and Protection from Harassment Act19
Law Act 1996 and Protection from Harassment Act1997.
Claire represents parents in a wide variety of
private and public
law cases concerning children and specialises in representing parents and other
family members in care
proceedings.
The department as a whole is described as a team offering clients support across a wide range of
family issues, including nuptial agreements, ancillary relief and
private law children
proceedings.
Family Sophie is experienced in both public and
private law proceedings.
C v H: Ongoing
private law family proceedings involving a contact dispute over the couple's child.
The
Family Proceedings (Allocation to Judiciary) Directions 2009 [2009] All ER (D) 98 (Feb) which catch non-family proceedings court cases started after 15 February 2009 (and also apply, so far as practicable, to previously started proceedings) limit the jurisdiction of district judges without a private family law ticket and deputy district j
Family Proceedings (Allocation to Judiciary) Directions 2009 [2009] All ER (D) 98 (Feb) which catch non-
family proceedings court cases started after 15 February 2009 (and also apply, so far as practicable, to previously started proceedings) limit the jurisdiction of district judges without a private family law ticket and deputy district j
family proceedings court cases started after 15 February 2009 (and also apply, so far as practicable, to previously started
proceedings) limit the jurisdiction of district judges without a
private family law ticket and deputy district j
family law ticket and deputy district judges.