In this section you will find information about important public consultations, committees and reports, consultation responses submitted by the FLBA on behalf of its members (all filed under “Consultations”), and press releases.
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Recent Judgments (Fam Div) (BAILII)
- Young v Young [2012] EWHC 138 (Fam) (03 February 2012) - 3 February 2012
- Z (A Child), Re [2012] EWHC 139 (Fam) (02 February 2012) - 2 February 2012
- Kremen v Agrest (No.11) (Financial Remedy: Non-Disclosure: Post-Nuptial Agreement) [2012] EWHC 45 (Fam) (19 January 2012) - 19 January 2012
- Galloway v Goldstein [2012] EWHC 60 (Fam) (16 January 2012) - 16 January 2012
- NLW v ARC [2012] EWHC 55 (Fam) (13 January 2012) - 13 January 2012
- El Gamal v Al Maktoum [2011] EWHC B27 (Fam) (22 December 2011) - 22 December 2011
- V v V [2011] EWHC 3230 (Fam) (21 December 2011) - 21 December 2011
- P & L (Minors), Re [2011] EWHC 3431 (Fam) (20 December 2011) - 20 December 2011
- SH v MM & Anor [2011] EWHC 3314 (Fam) (13 December 2011) - 13 December 2011
- X (A Child), Re [2011] EWHC 3401 (Fam) (09 December 2011) - 9 December 2011
- NG v SG (Appeal: Non-disclosure) [2011] EWHC 3270 (Fam) (09 December 2011) - 9 December 2011
- A v L [2011] EWHC 3150 (Fam) (07 December 2011) - 7 December 2011
- X And Y (Children), Re [2011] EWHC 3147 (Fam) (06 December 2011) - 6 December 2011
- Z & Anor v C & Anor [2011] EWHC 3181 (Fam) (02 December 2011) - 2 December 2011
- G v A [2011] EWHC 2377 (Fam) (29 November 2011) - 29 November 2011
- F v S [2011] EWHC 3139 (Fam) (18 November 2011) - 18 November 2011
- H v S [2011] EWHC B23 (Fam) (18 November 2011) - 18 November 2011
- RB (Adult), Re (No 4) [2011] EWHC 3017 (Fam) (18 November 2011) - 18 November 2011
- A (Death of a Baby), Re [2011] EWHC 2754 (Fam) (11 November 2011) - 11 November 2011
- Gowers v Gowers [2011] EWHC 3485 (Fam) (09 November 2011) - 9 November 2011
Family Law News (Family Law Week)
- McC (A Child) (2) [2012] EWCA Civ 166 - 22 February 2012
Case summary coming soon [...] - McC (A Child) [2012] EWCA Civ 165 - 22 February 2012
Case summary coming soon [...] - El Gamal v Al Maktoum [2011] EWHC B27 (Fam) - 16 February 2012
Application before Bodey J to determine whether an Islamic wedding ceremony took place and if so what its legal effect was, if any, in English law. [...] - K v LBX [2012] EWCA Civ 79 - 16 February 2012
Appeal against an order authorising a trial placement in a supported living facility near to the family home. Consideration as to whether the Art 8 ri [...] - LA v X & others [2011] EWHC 3401 (Fam) - 16 February 2012
Application by maternal grandmother of X prior to a fact-finding hearing for her 17-year son, who suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, to give oral evide [...] - Z (A Child) [2012] EWHC 139 (Fam) - 16 February 2012
Application by mother for a residence order in respect of the parties' daughter and for permission to relocate her from UK to Australia. Applications [...] - W (A Child) [2012] EWCA Civ 106 - 16 February 2012
Father’s appeal against the making of an interim care order in care proceedings concerning a 14-month old child, H. [...] - B v B [2012] EWHC Case No HD08D00149 - 9 February 2012
Judgment of Mr David Salter sitting as a deputy judge of the Family Division of the High Court in a financial remedies case where the parties had been [...] - O'Farrell v O'Farrell [2012] EWHC 123 (QB) - 9 February 2012
Decision of Tugendhat J sitting in the Queen’s Bench Division concerning enforcement of two German judgments against a serving soldier made in divor [...] - L (Children) [2011] EWCA Civ 1705 - 9 February 2012
Court of Appeal. Mother’s appeal against findings in relation to the deaths of two children where there had been contradictory medical evidence. Ap [...]
- McC (A Child) (2) [2012] EWCA Civ 166 - 22 February 2012
Family Law News (Jordans)
- Family arbitration scheme launched - 22 February 2012
A new scheme, set up by the Institute of Family Law Arbitrators (IFLA), has today been launched to enable family disputes to be resolved by arbitratio [...] - Councils fined for serious data breaches relating to children - 16 February 2012
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has served monetary penalties totalling £180,000 to two councils for failing to keep highly sensitiv [...] - Care applications reach record level - 10 February 2012
The number of care applications reached a record level in January 2012, with 903 applications to take children into care - the highest since Cafcass w [...] - Government responds to Family Justice Review - 6 February 2012
By Hugh Logue, Newswatch Editor and Online Publisher In its official response to the Family Justice Review today (download below), the government has [...] - Law Commission announces review of financial provision arising on divorce - 6 February 2012
The Law Commission has extended its review on marital property agreements to cover two further issues of financial provision arising on divorce or the [...] - Lords vote against charging parents to arrange child maintenance - 26 January 2012
By Hugh Logue, Newswatch Editor Members of the House of Lords voted with a majority against government proposals to charge single parents to use the C [...] - LSC announce further tender round after threat of legal action - 26 January 2012
Following complaints from the legal profession about unsuccessful legal aid contract bids, the Legal Services Commission has announced it will op [...] - NYAS appeal to Justice Secretary to overturn LSC decision - 20 January 2012
By Hugh Logue, Newswatch Editor The National Youth Advocacy Service is challenging a decision by the Legal Services Commission that would result in th [...] - Number of cohabiting couple families increased to 2.9 million in last decade - 20 January 2012
Since 2001, the number of cohabiting couple families has risen dramatically from 2.1 million to 2.9 million, according to new statistics from the Offi [...] - Reunite sees a sharp increase in the number of children parentally abducted - 19 January 2012
Latest figures released by reunite International Child Abduction Centre show a 47 per cent increase in the number of child abduction cases reported to [...]
- Family arbitration scheme launched - 22 February 2012