Financial remedy consent order applications: mandation of online applications
Stuart Clark shares his insight into HMCTS's work on digitisation of applications and developing…
21 Aug 2020
Family and children
News, advice and information on issues around children and family law, including relationship breakdown and children in the context of divorce or separation, plus children in public law and cross-border disputes.
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- Cohabitation agreements25 Feb 2020
- Consent order guidance25 Feb 2020
- Exceptional Case Funding – guidance for solicitors12 Aug 2020
- Litigants in person: guidelines for lawyers17 Aug 2020
- Transparency in the family courts04 Mar 2020
- Acting in the absence of a children's guardian01 Jun 2020
- Attendance of solicitors at local authority Children Act meetings02 Jun 2020
- Changes to the evidence requirements for legal aid funding in private law family cases (domestic violence gateway)12 Aug 2020
- Court duty scheme for private law family clients12 Aug 2020
- Care proceedings document templates12 Aug 2020
- FAQ: Change of name and wills25 Feb 2020
- FAQ: Varying the terms of a consent order12 Aug 2020
- Family law forms12 Aug 2020
- Private law prescribed order templates12 Aug 2020
- Public law prescribed order templates12 Aug 2020
- Templates for instructing experts in family and children court proceedings12 Aug 2020
- Domestic Abuse Bill 2019-2112 Aug 2020
- No-fault divorce12 Aug 2020
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