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Child Case Management Practice [Pehme köide]

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The family courts dealing with public and private child law cases are inundated with work, involving huge amounts of paper. Far more effective is the creation of a file which, from the outset, focuses on material relevant to the judicial decision-making process. So for each particular issue, there needs to be an analysis of what the judicial hearing will actually require, with checklists, questionnaires etc. specifying the information necessary to fulfil that ultimate objective.
Child Case Management Practice has been devised to meet that need. For every area of child law there is a succinct resume of the legal framework; a flowchart providing an overview of the relevant process from start to finish; a detailed consideration of what the court will actually require to achieve the result applied for (including a timetable to trial and the courts options/powers); a checklist of all steps to trial (including model documents such as directions etc); a Template Model Orders; and a Case Digest.
Child Case Management Practice reflects the new Public Law Outline; generates best practice case management documents; presents core skeleton arguments at a glance; focuses on the Case Management record; provides synopses of the law for all the major applications; and reduces the amount of paperwork

UK family courts dealing with public and private child law cases are inundated with work, generating huge amounts of paper. Far more effective is the creation of a file which, from the outset, focuses on material relevant to the UK judicial decision-making process. So, for each application, there should be an analysis of what the judicial hearing will actually require, with checklists, questionnaires, etc. specifying all the necessary information. Child Case Management Practice fulfills the objective for every area of child law, and: reflects the UK's new Public Law Outline * generates best practice case management documents * presents core skeleton arguments at a glance * focuses on the Case Management record * provides synopses of the law for all the major applications * reduces the amount of paperwork.
Foreword vii
Table of Statutes
xli
Table of Statutory Instruments
xlvii
Table of Cases
li
Table of Practice Directions
lxv
Part I Practice, Evidence and Procedure
Chapter 1 Legal Aid (Public Funding) and Representation
3(24)
Introduction
3(1)
Background
3(1)
Civil legal aid
4(1)
Who qualifies for legal aid?
4(1)
Financial eligibility: the means test
4(1)
The levels and scope of legal aid: private law children cases
5(4)
Controlled Work - Legal Help
5(1)
Level 1 Initial advice - £94 (excluding VAT)
5(1)
Level 2 Children & Finance
5(1)
Level 2 Children (excluding VAT)
6(1)
Level 2 Finance (excluding VAT)
6(1)
Exceptional Case hourly rates
6(1)
Certificated (Licensed) Work: `Level 3'
6(1)
Family Help (Higher)
6(1)
The merits test
7(1)
Limitations
7(1)
Mediation
7(1)
Family Mediation
8(1)
Legal Representation
8(1)
Prior authority for disbursements
8(1)
The levels and scope of legal aid: public law children cases
9(7)
Controlled Work - Legal Help
9(1)
Level 1 £144 (excluding VAT)
9(1)
Hourly rates for Exceptional Cases
10(1)
Level 2 Family Help (Lower) - £347 (excluding VAT)
10(1)
Hourly rates for Exceptional Cases (ie 3 times the fixed fee)
10(1)
Level 3 Full Representation (excluding VAT) (Licensed Work)
11(2)
Hourly rates for Exceptional Cases
13(1)
Very Expensive Cases
14(1)
Emergency protection orders
14(1)
Secure accommodation orders and child assessment orders
14(1)
Related proceedings
14(1)
Placement and adoption orders
15(1)
Special guardianship orders
15(1)
Inherent jurisdiction (wardship)
15(1)
Prior authority for disbursements in public law cases
16(1)
Experts and residential assessments
16(1)
Statutory Charge
16(1)
Public Law Children Act Case Plan
17(2)
Law Society's Children Panel membership
19(4)
Membership list
19(1)
Types of Membership
19(1)
Private practitioner membership
19(1)
Local authority membership
19(1)
Duration of membership
20(1)
Eligibility
20(1)
Standards required of a Children Panel member
20(1)
Other requirements
21(1)
Private practitioner membership
21(1)
Appointment as Children Panel solicitor
22(1)
(a) By the children's guardian
22(1)
(b) By the court
22(1)
Law Society and CAFCASS Guidance on the working relationship between Children Panel Solicitors and Children's Guardians
23(1)
Guidance for Children Panel Solicitors
23(4)
Professional practice
23(1)
Representation of child
24(1)
Legal advice to children's guardian
24(1)
Guidance on acting in the absence of a children's guardian
25(2)
Chapter 2 Allocation and Transfer of Proceedings
27(42)
Introduction
27(1)
Starting proceedings
27(5)
Starting proceedings in a magistrates' court
27(2)
Starting proceedings in a county court
29(1)
Starting proceedings in the High Court
30(1)
Starting other proceedings in the court where adoption proceedings are pending
30(1)
Classes of county courts
31(1)
Transfer of proceedings
32(7)
Transfer from one magistrates' court to another
32(2)
Transfer from a county court to a magistrates' court
34(1)
Transfer of proceedings from one county court to another
35(1)
Transfer from a county court to the High Court
36(2)
Transfer from the High Court
38(1)
The Public Law Outline: Guide to Case Management in Public Law Proceedings
38(1)
Allocation to judiciary
39(1)
Transfer to the Principal Registry of the Family Division
39(3)
Procedure in the FPC to effect transfer
39(1)
Procedure following transfer to the PRFD
40(2)
Appendix 1 Allocation and Transfer of Proceedings Order 2008
42(18)
Appendix 2 Practice Direction - Allocation and Transfer of Proceedings
60(9)
Chapter 3 Case Management: How to Use the Public Law Outline
69(168)
Introduction
69(1)
An analysis of the Public Law Outline
70(28)
An introduction to the new documentation
70(1)
Key concepts in care proceedings which must be critically analysed to give effect to the PLO
71(2)
Key features of the PLO
73(7)
Linked criminal and care directions - timetable for the child
80(1)
The new overriding objective and the entrenched duty to cooperate
80(2)
A practical approach to the four stages of the PLO
82(4)
More detailed considerations relevant to the First Advocates' Meeting and the CMC - Stage 2
86(4)
Discrete themes at the Advocates' Meeting prior to CMC - relevant checklists
90(2)
Considerations relevant to Advocates' Meeting after CMC and prior to IRH - Stage 3
92(2)
The children's guardian, the PLO and issues
94(2)
Duties of local authorities - assessments
96(2)
Introduction and index to the `PLO' documentation
98(3)
The judge and the care plan
101(11)
The duty of the court to scrutinise the care plan
101(1)
Why does the judge have to scrutinise the care plan?
101(1)
How to scrutinise the interim care plan
102(1)
How to scrutinise the final care plan
103(1)
Placement at home
104(1)
Care by the extended family
104(1)
Long-term foster care
105(1)
Residential care
106(1)
Adoption
106(1)
Contact - important considerations
107(1)
What can the judge do if she/he disagrees with the contents of the care plan or has doubts that it can be implemented?
107(1)
Re X; Barnet London Borough Council v Y and X [ 2006] 2 FLR 998
108(1)
When in practice should the court withdraw from a case and make a final care order and when should the court retain control?
109(1)
Challenging the care plan
110(1)
The Independent Reviewing Officer
110(2)
Appendix 1 President's Practice Direction: Guide to Case Management in Public Law Proceedings (April 2008)
112(44)
Appendix 2 Public Law Outline: Allocation record and timetable for the child(ren)
156(4)
Appendix 3 Directions and Allocation on Issue of Proceedings
160(3)
Appendix 4 Directions & Allocation At First Appointment
163(5)
Appendix 5 Standard Variable Directions dovetailing with the Case Management Order
168(14)
Appendix 6 The Children Act 1989 Guidance and Regulations, Vol 1, Court Orders, A Framework for the Care and Upbringing of Children,
Chapter 3
182(24)
Appendix 7 Practice Directions Outside the PLO
206(1)
President's Direction of 24 July 2000: Human Rights Act 1998
206(1)
Memorandum of 28 January 2004: R v Cannings: Implications for the Family Justice System
207(2)
President's Direction of 5 April 2004: Representation of Children in Family Proceedings Pursuant to Family Proceedings Rules 1991, Rule 9.5
209(2)
Practice Direction of 27 July 2006: Family Proceedings: Court Bundles (Universal Practice to be Applied in All Courts other than the Family Proceedings Court)
211(7)
President's Guidance of 14 October 2008: McKenzie Friends
218(3)
Appendix 8 Family Proceedings (Allocation to Judiciary) Directions 1999
221(8)
Appendix 9 Model Judgment Template
229(8)
Chapter 4 Expert Evidence in the Context of the PLO
237(36)
Case management
237(4)
President's Practice Direction on Expert Evidence
237(1)
Experts practice points
237(1)
Issues and more than one expert
238(1)
Analysis of a medical expert's report
238(1)
Taking issue with a professional/expert given the above expert report template
239(1)
Experts' meetings
239(1)
Checklist for end of experts' meeting
240(1)
Challenging an expert
241(1)
Expert evidence and the PLO in the context of issue driven litigation
241(1)
Contrasting the role of medical expert and judge
241(1)
Law relating to expert evidence
242(1)
Issues arising out of the joint instruction of experts
242(4)
Joint instruction?
242(1)
As to bringing in a second/additional expert (Daniels v Walker [ 2000] 1 WLR 1382)
243(1)
Cases following on from Daniels v Walker
243(1)
Cosgrove v Pattison (2001) The Times, 13 February
243(1)
GW & PW v Oldham MBC [ 2005] EWCA Civ 1247, [ 2006] 1 FLR 543
243(1)
Re S, WSP v Hull City Council [ 2006] EWCA Civ 981, [ 2007] 1 FLR 90
243(1)
Re B (Care Proceedings: Expert Witness) [ 2007] EWCA Civ 556, [ 2007] 2 FLR 979
244(1)
The concept of a fair trial in the context of the jointly instructed expert
244(1)
Re L (Care: Assessment: Fair Trial) [ 2002] 2 FLR 730, per Munby J
244(1)
Peet v Mid Kent Healthcare Trust Practice Note [ 2002] 1 WLR 210
245(1)
Additional references
245(1)
Principles underpinning expert evidence in family proceedings
246(5)
Medical evidence in the context of the issue of credibility
246(1)
Credibility in the context of psychometric testing
247(1)
Fairness and scrutiny of source material
248(1)
A to how experts should approach the issue and likelihood of the cause(s) of death, harm or injuries
248(1)
Costs sharing
249(1)
Quality control testing of the expert's report
250(1)
Sundry cases as to the court's approach to expert evidence and the role of the judge
250(1)
Suggested protocol for format of experts' reports
251(1)
Case Digest
251(4)
R v Bowman [ 2006] EWCA Crim 1077
251(1)
Meadow v GMC [ 2006] EWCA Civ 1390, [ 2007] 1 FLR 1398
251(1)
R v Harris, R v Rock, R v Cherry and R v Faulder [ 2006] 1 Cr App R 55(5)
252(1)
The Ikarian Reefer [ 1993] 2 Lloyd's Rep 68, Cresswell J
252(2)
Loveday v Renton [ 1990] 1 Med LR 117, per Stuart-Smith LJ
254(1)
Appendix: President's Practice Direction of 1 April 2008: Experts in Family Proceedings Relating to Children
255(18)
Chapter 5 Protected Parties/Parties under a Disability
273(10)
Adults
273(1)
A test for capacity - Mental Capacity Act 2005
274(1)
Children
275(1)
Children who are parents
275(1)
Other parties who are protected parties
276(1)
Services to assist parents with a learning disability
276(1)
Issues
277(1)
Procedure where a parent or other party is a protected party
277(1)
Good practice in proceedings where a parent has learning difficulties
278(1)
Principles of decision-making where a parent has learning difficulties
279(1)
More than one diagnosis
280(3)
Part II Private Law
Chapter 6 Declaration of Parentage and Parental Responsibility
283(34)
Declaration of parentage under the Family Law Act 1986
283(3)
Overview
283(1)
The law
283(1)
The legal basis
283(1)
Requirements
283(1)
(a) Jurisdiction
283(1)
(b) Sufficient personal interest
284(1)
(c) The best interests of the child
284(1)
(d) The standard of proof
285(1)
(e) Public policy considerations
285(1)
Procedural requirements
286(3)
The Rules
286(1)
Applications in the High Court and the county court
286(1)
(a) The court
286(1)
(b) The parties
286(1)
(c) The Attorney-General
287(1)
(d) Starting the process
287(1)
(e) Directions for trial
288(1)
(f) Hearings in camera
288(1)
(g) Upon making of the declaration
288(1)
In the family proceedings court
289(1)
Appeal
289(1)
Documentation
289(3)
The Answer
291(1)
The order
292(1)
Case Digest (Declaration of parentage)
292(1)
When to make an application for a declaration
292(1)
Re R (IVF: Paternity of Child) [ 2003] 1 FLR 1183
292(1)
Re AB (Care Proceedings: Service on Husband Ignorant of Child's Existence) [ 2004] 1 FLR 527
292(1)
Parties
292(1)
Re R (IVF: Paternity of Child) [ 2003] 1 FLR 1183
292(1)
The standard of proof
292(1)
Serio v Serio (1983) 4 FLR 756
292(1)
Public Policy
293(1)
M v W (Declaration of Parentage) [ 2007] 2 FLR 270
293(1)
Procedure
293(1)
Re AB (Care Proceedings: Service on Husband Ignorant of Child's Existence) [ 2004] 1 FLR 527
293(1)
Appeals
293(1)
Re L (Family Proceedings Court) (Appeal: Jurisdiction) [ 2005] 1 FLR 210
293(1)
Parental responsibility
293(3)
What is parental responsibility?
293(1)
Scope
294(1)
The limits of parental responsibility
294(1)
The welfare principle
295(1)
The development of the child's wishes and feelings
295(1)
The duration for which parental responsibility is held
295(1)
Statutory exceptions
296(1)
Any requirement for unanimity of agreement
296(1)
Who has parental responsibility?
296(3)
The acquisition of parental responsibility
299(8)
Parental responsibility agreements
300(1)
Parental responsibility orders
301(1)
Applying for a parental responsibility order
302(1)
(a) By application only
302(1)
(b) The court and the relevant procedural rules
302(1)
(c) The applicants
303(1)
(d) The application
303(1)
(e) Service
304(1)
(f) The respondents
304(1)
(g) The directions hearing
305(1)
(h) Documents
305(2)
(i) The final hearing
307(1)
(j) The order
307(1)
Loss of parental responsibility
307(1)
The absence of parental responsibility
308(1)
Form C(PRA1)
309(2)
FormC(PRA2)
311(2)
Case Digest (Parental responsibility)
313(4)
Chapter 7 Orders under Sections 8 and 13 of the Children Act 1989
317(110)
Procedure for section 8 applications
317(2)
Which court?
317(1)
Which judge?
318(1)
The parties
319(8)
The applicant
319(1)
Applications by right
319(1)
Applicants seeking leave
320(2)
The child as applicant
322(1)
Applicants seeking leave following a s 91(14) direction
322(1)
The initiating process
323(1)
The application
323(1)
Without notice orders
324(1)
Applications for leave
325(1)
Service
325(1)
The respondents
326(1)
The Private Law Programme
327(5)
Principles
327(1)
The process
328(1)
Before the FHDRA
328(1)
At court
328(1)
Before the judge
329(1)
After the FHDRA
329(1)
Further hearings
330(1)
Preparation for final hearing
330(1)
Case management
330(1)
Bundles
331(1)
Documentation
331(1)
Experts
332(1)
General principles to be applied when considering applications for s 8 orders
332(5)
Welfare
333(1)
The application of the principle
333(1)
Delay
334(1)
The welfare checklist
335(1)
The No Order principle
336(1)
Directions, conditions and provisions
337(3)
Residence orders
340(2)
Contact orders
342(6)
The legal framework
342(1)
Definition
342(1)
The legal principles upon which an application for contact is determined
343(2)
Parental opposition to contact
345(1)
Domestic violence and contact
346(1)
Facilitation of contact
347(1)
Applications for change of name
348(3)
The law
348(1)
Naming the child
348(1)
Registration of the name
348(1)
The right to change a name
348(1)
The principles involved
349(1)
The application
350(1)
The procedure
350(1)
Factors to consider
351(1)
The order
351(1)
Prohibited steps orders
351(2)
Restrictions
353(1)
Application for leave to remove from the jurisdiction
353(14)
When is leave required?
353(1)
What application should be made?
354(1)
Considerations for an application for permission to remove
354(1)
Documentation
355(1)
Statement checklist - for each party
356(2)
Checklist for closing arguments
358(1)
Procedure
359(1)
The judicial checklist
359(2)
The order
361(1)
Do's, Don'ts, Tips and Traps
361(1)
The case-law
361(6)
Case Digest
367(21)
Residence orders
367(2)
Contact orders
369(3)
Prohibited steps orders
372(1)
Specific issue orders
373(2)
Change of name
375(2)
Leave to remove from the jurisdiction
377(2)
Principles to be applied when making section 8 order
379(3)
Procedure to be applied when making section 8 order
382(4)
Directions, conditions and provisions
386(2)
Appendix 1 Practice Direction: Residence and Contact Orders: Domestic Violence and Harm (9 May 2008)
388(6)
Appendix 2 Guidelines for Good Practice on Parental Contact in Cases where there is Domestic Violence
394(5)
Appendix 3 Protocol for Referrals of Families by Judges and Magistrates to Child Contact Centres
399(2)
Appendix 4 President's Guidance (Private Law Programme) (9 November 2004)
401(16)
Appendix 5 Practice Direction (Enforcement of Children Act 1989 Contact Orders: Disclosure of Information to Officers of the National Probation Service) (6 November 2008)
417(1)
Appendix 6 President's Direction (Enforcement of Children Act 1989 Contact Orders: Disclosure of Information to Officers of the National Probation Service) (6 November 2008)
418(1)
Appendix 7 Practice Direction (Applications in the Magistrates' Court to Enforce Contact Orders) (6 November 2008)
419(1)
Appendix 8A President's Protocol on Communicating with the Home Office [ 2004] 1 FLR 638
420(1)
Appendix 8B Guidance from the President's Office (January 2006)
421(6)
Chapter 8 Special Guardianship Orders
427(28)
The legislation
427(1)
Making an application
427(1)
Those with the automatic right to make an application (s 14A(5))
428(1)
Who needs to know you are making an application?
428(1)
Notice to the local authority to prepare a report (s 14A(7))
428(1)
Which court?
429(1)
When will the court make a special guardianship order?
429(1)
The case law
430(1)
The effect of a special guardianship order
430(1)
Support for special guardians (s 14F and Special Guardianship Regulations 2005)
431(1)
How can you discharge a special guardianship order? (s 14D)
431(1)
Special guardianship order flowchart
432(1)
Situations when a special guardianship application may be made
433(1)
Within care proceedings
433(1)
Within private law proceedings
433(1)
As a private law application
433(1)
As an application to discharge an existing care order
433(1)
Special guardianship: checklist of steps and timetable to final hearing
434(4)
Within care proceedings
434(1)
Application - documents
434(1)
Form C2
434(1)
Form CIA
434(1)
Form CI3A
435(1)
Directions needed
436(1)
Issues for Final Hearing
436(2)
In private law proceedings
438(7)
Application - documents
438(1)
Form CIA
439(1)
Form CI
440(1)
Form CIA
441(1)
Form 13A
441(1)
Directions needed
442(1)
Issues for final hearing
443(1)
Other public proceedings - application for discharge of care order and substitution by special guardianship or adoption
444(1)
Case Digest
445(1)
Adoption order or special guardianship order
445(1)
Re S [ 2007] EWCA Civ 54, [ 2007] 1 FLR 819
445(1)
Re AJ [ 2007] EWCA Civ 55, [ 2007] 1 FLR 507; Re MJ [ 2007] EWCA Civ 56, [ 2007] 1 FLR 691
445(1)
Special guardianship or adoption outside the family
445(1)
Re EN (A Child) [ 2007] Civ 264
445(1)
Haringey LBC v C & Mrs E, Mr E, Mrs F and Kenya [ 2006] EWHC 1620
446(1)
Parental responsibility under SGO
446(1)
L (A Child) [ 2007] EWCA Civ 196
446(1)
Special guardianship reports
446(2)
Re R (A Child) sub nom Birmingham City Council v LR (by the OS) [ 2006] EWCA Civ 1748, [ 2007] 1 FLR 564
446(1)
Re S (A Child) (No 2) [ 2007] EWCA Civ 90, [ 2007] 1 FLR 855
446(1)
Assessment of relatives
447(1)
Re B & G [ 2007] EWCA Civ 358
447(1)
Appendix: Table reproduced from Re AJ [ 2007] 1 FLR 507
448(7)
Chapter 9 Child Abduction
455(80)
Introduction
455(1)
The starting point: the statutory background
456(2)
The interaction between Brussels IIR, the Hague Convention and the European Custody Convention
456(2)
Preventing or regularising a removal from England and Wales: the procedure
458(6)
The use of preventative or regularising court orders
458(1)
A list of potential directions or orders
459(2)
Prospective agencies that might be made subject to orders
461(1)
The need for clarity in drafting orders
461(1)
The use of wardship
462(1)
The All Ports Warning System
462(2)
Reacting to a child abduction to, or from, England and Wales
464(14)
Procedure
464(1)
The initial application: Hague Convention cases
464(1)
Public funding
465(1)
The commencement of proceedings: The Hague Convention and the European Custody Convention
466(2)
The first without notice hearing
468(1)
The first inter partes hearing
469(1)
Mediation
469(1)
The burden of proof
470(1)
Hearing the child
470(1)
The question of separate representation
471(1)
Oral evidence and conflict in affidavit evidence
472(1)
Interim powers
473(1)
Undertakings
473(1)
Contemplated plaintiff's undertakings
474(1)
Contemplated defendant's undertakings
474(1)
International judicial cooperation
474(1)
The final hearing
475(1)
Costs
475(1)
The order of the court
476(1)
Appeals
477(1)
Enforcement
477(1)
Hague Convention proceedings: a very quick checklist
477(1)
The law
478(26)
Incoming child abduction cases
478(1)
The Hague Convention
478(1)
Brussels IIR and the Hague Convention
479(5)
Key Convention concepts
484(1)
Articles 3 and 5 `Wrongful removal' and `rights of custody'
484(2)
Articles 3 and 4 Age and habitual residence
486(1)
Habitual Residence: an interpretation
486(3)
Articles 9 and 11 Minimising delay and the obligation to act within a limited timescale
489(1)
Brussels IIR and delay
489(1)
Article 12 Settlement: the `gateway' stage
490(1)
`Settled': meaning
490(1)
Article 13 Consent, acquiescence, grave risk of physical and psychological harm or other intolerability and child's objections: the `gateway' stage
491(5)
Article 15
496(1)
Article 18
496(1)
Article 20
497(1)
The proper approach of the court to the `discretion' stage
497(3)
Incoming non-Convention child abduction cases
500(1)
Outgoing child abduction cases
501(2)
The Pakistan Protocol of 17th January 2003
503(1)
The criminal law
504(4)
Abduction by a person `connected with a child': s 1 of the Child Abduction Act 1984
504(1)
What is `the appropriate consent'?
505(1)
Defences to the offence under s 1 of the CAA 1984
505(1)
Abduction of a child by a person `connected with a child' when that child is in the care of a local authority, detained in a place of safety, remanded to local authority accommodation or the subject of proceedings or an order relating to placement for adoption or adoption: CAA 1984, Sch, paras 1-5
506(1)
Abduction by a person not connected with a child: s 2 of the CAA 1984
506(1)
Defences to the offence under s 2 of the CAA 1984
507(1)
The common law offence of kidnapping and false imprisonment and other offences
507(1)
Leading English cases
508(10)
The Hague Convention 1980: general principles
508(1)
The Hague Convention and Brussels IIR
508(1)
Rights of Custody
509(1)
Habitual residence
509(1)
Article 12 Settlement
510(1)
Article 13 (a) Consent
510(1)
Article 13 (a) Acquiescence
511(1)
Article 13(b)
511(1)
General
511(1)
Domestic or other violence
512(1)
Potential abuse of child
513(1)
Separation from primary carer
513(1)
Separation from siblings
514(1)
Conditions in the requesting State
514(1)
Prospective criminal proceedings
514(1)
Child's objections
515(1)
Article 20
515(1)
The exercise of the court's discretion
515(1)
Undertakings
516(1)
Practice and procedure
516(1)
Separate representation
516(1)
Oral evidence
517(1)
Costs
517(1)
Other (non-Convention) cases
518(1)
Precedents
518(13)
Port alert and other orders under ss 34 and 36 of the Family Law Act 1986
518(2)
First without notice hearing order
520(1)
Agencies order
521(1)
DWP, Inland Revenue and other agencies order
521(2)
BT and other telecommunications operators order
523(1)
Short order
523(1)
BT and other telecommunications operators order
523(1)
Long order
523(2)
First inter partes hearing order
525(2)
Final order
527(4)
List of helpful contacts and websites
531(1)
Appendix: List of countries to which the Hague Convention is in force with England and Wales (as at March 2007)
532(3)
Chapter 10 Scientific Tests
535(20)
Direction for scientific testing
535(1)
The law
535(4)
The scope of the court's power
535(1)
Consent
536(1)
The principles to be applied
537(1)
The effect of a failure to comply with the direction
538(1)
Procedure
539(5)
Procedure for making the application
539(1)
The relevant procedural code
539(2)
Whether the child should be joined as a party?
541(1)
Procedure for proper conduct of the test
542(2)
Accredited tester list
544(1)
List of bodies that may carry out court-directed parentage tests under s 20 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969
544(1)
Documents
545(1)
The specimen form of words for a direction for scientific testing
545(1)
Case Digest
546(1)
Scope of the court's power
546(1)
Re A (A Minor) (Paternity: Refusal of Blood Test) [ 1994] 2 FLR 463, CA
546(1)
Re E (A Minor) (Child Support: Blood Test) [ 1994] 2 FLR 548
546(1)
Re E (A Minor) (Parental Responsibility) [ 1995] 1 FLR 392, CA
546(1)
In Re D (Paternity) [ 2007] 2 FLR 26
546(1)
Principles
546(2)
Re CB (A Minor) (Blood Tests) [ 1994] 2 FLR 762
546(1)
O v L (Blood Tests) [ 1995] 2 FLR 930
546(1)
Re H (A Minor) (Blood Tests: Parental Rights) [ 1996] 2 FLR 65
547(1)
Re H (Paternity: Blood Test) [ 1996] 2 FLR 65, CA
547(1)
Re T (Paternity: Ordering Blood Tests) [ 2001] 2 FLR 1190
548(1)
Re H and A (Paternity: Blood Tests) [ 2002] 1 FLR 1145, CA at [ 29]
548(1)
Lambeth London Borough Council v S, C, V and J (By His Guardian) [ 2007] 1 FLR 152
548(1)
The application of the presumption
548(1)
Re A (A Minor) (Paternity: Refusal of Blood Test) [ 1994] 2 FLR 463
548(1)
Re CB (A Minor) (Blood Tests) [ 1994] 2 FLR 762
549(1)
Re H (Paternity: Blood Test) [ 1996] 2 FLR 65, CA
549(1)
Re G (Parentage: Blood Sample) [ 1997] 1 FLR 360 (and followed in Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Jones [ 2003] EWHC 2163; [ 2004] 1 FLR 282)
549(1)
Znamenskaya v Russia (Application No 77785/01) [ 2005] 2 FCR 406, ECtHR
549(1)
Procedure
549(6)
Re J (A Minor) (Wardship) [ 1988] 1 FLR 65
549(1)
Re F (Children: DNA Evidence) [ 2008] EWHC 3235 (Fam)
549(1)
McV v B [ 1988] 2 FLR 67
550(1)
Re D (Paternity) [ 2007] 2 FLR 26
551(1)
Hager v Osborne [ 1992] 1 FLR 282
551(1)
Re F (A Minor) (Blood Tests: Parental Rights) [ 1993] Fam 314
551(1)
Re F (Children) (Declaration of Paternity) (2007) The Times, 6 August
551(1)
Re J (A Minor) (Wardship) [ 1988] 1 FLR 65
551(1)
F v Child Support Agency [ 1999] 2 FLR 244
552(1)
Law Commission (Blood Tests and the Proof of Paternity in Civil Proceedings: Law Commission No 16)
552(3)
Part III Public Law
Chapter 11 Local Authority Procedures Prior to Issuing Care Proceedings
555(40)
Overview
555(1)
Statutory framework and guidance documents
556(1)
Pre-proceedings checklist
557(1)
Referral
558(1)
Assessment
559(5)
Initial assessment
560(2)
Core assessment
562(2)
Section 47: enquiries and emergency protective action
564(2)
Strategy discussions
566(1)
Child protection plans and conferences
567(3)
The care plan
570(1)
Family group conferences
571(3)
Overview
571(1)
Referral
572(1)
Preparation
572(1)
Conference
573(1)
Notification
574(2)
Flowcharts
576(6)
Appendix 1 The Framework for Assessment of Children in Need and their Families (extracted from Appendix A)
582(1)
Appendix 2 A New Public Law Outline and Statutory Guidance for Local Authorities - Frequently Asked Questions
582(13)
Chapter 12 Emergency Protection Procedures
595(22)
Emergency protection orders
595(9)
Effect
595(1)
Grounds for granting an EPO
596(1)
Common ground
596(1)
Where the applicant is the local authority
596(1)
Where the applicant is an `authorised person'
596(1)
Duration
597(1)
Procedure
597(2)
Ex Parte Applications
599(1)
Applications on notice
599(2)
Common ground
601(1)
Good practice guidance
602(1)
Applicant other than the local authority
602(1)
Law
602(1)
Exclusion requirement
602(1)
Variation and discharge
603(1)
Contact
603(1)
Appeal
604(1)
Police protection orders
604(4)
Procedure
604(1)
Responsibilities of the constable taking the child into police protection
604(1)
Responsibilities of the designated officer
605(1)
Law
605(1)
Conclusion
606(1)
Police protection flowchart - procedure
607(1)
Child assessment order
608(9)
Introduction
608(1)
What is a child assessment order
609(1)
Persons who may apply
609(1)
The procedure for an application to court
610(1)
Which court
610(1)
Persons who have power to make an order
610(1)
Respondents
611(1)
Service
611(1)
Who are additional persons?
611(1)
What factors will the court consider when deciding whether to make the order
612(1)
Effect of orders
613(1)
Duration of the child assessment order
614(1)
Applications to vary or discharge a child assessment order
614(1)
Concluding the assessments
615(1)
Public Funding (Legal Aid)
615(2)
Chapter 13 Appointment and Removal of a Children's Guardian
617(8)
Introduction
617(1)
Relevant legislation
617(1)
Appointment of a children's guardian
617(1)
Specified proceedings (CA 1989, s 41(6))
618(1)
Procedure
619(1)
Powers and duties of the children's guardian
619(1)
Solicitor for the child
620(1)
Duties of child's solicitor
621(1)
Termination of appointment of child's solicitor
622(1)
Terminating the appointment of the children's guardian
622(3)
Chapter 14 Care Orders and Supervision Orders
625(40)
Introduction
625(1)
The Public Law Outline (PLO)
626(1)
Care orders
626(3)
Part IV Of the Children Act 1989
626(1)
The effect of a care order
627(1)
Restrictions upon local authorities and other parties under a care order
627(1)
Duration of order
628(1)
Discharge of care orders
628(1)
Supervision orders
629(2)
The duties of the supervisor
629(1)
The effect of an order
629(1)
Limitations on the powers of the court
630(1)
Duration of order
631(1)
Principle similarities and differences between care and supervision orders
631(1)
Similarities
631(1)
Differences
631(1)
Which order should the court make?
632(1)
The designated local authority
632(2)
Which local authority is the court to designate?
633(1)
Which court has jurisdiction?
634(1)
When can the court make interim orders?
634(1)
Duration of interim orders
635(1)
The parties to proceedings
635(4)
Who may apply for a care order or supervision order?
635(1)
Who may become a party to proceedings? - Joinder
636(1)
Factors indicating joinder
636(1)
Factors indicating refusal
636(1)
Termination of party status
637(1)
Representation of the child
637(1)
Who is the children's guardian?
637(1)
The role of the children's guardian
638(1)
Records
638(1)
The guardian's enquiries
639(1)
Older children
639(1)
The two-stage process
639(1)
The threshold criteria
640(1)
The meaning of `significant harm'
640(1)
`is suffering'
641(1)
`likely to suffer'
641(1)
Schedule of findings of fact - schedule of issues
641(2)
Agreed schedules and orders sought
641(2)
Practice point: the threshold document
643(1)
The burden and standard of proof
643(1)
Split hearings
643(2)
Practice points relevant to all public law proceedings
645(1)
The welfare stage
646(1)
The care plan
646(1)
Twin track planning
647(1)
The evidence
648(1)
Hearsay
648(1)
Children
648(1)
The parent
649(1)
Other parties
649(1)
Assessments
649(1)
The role of the expert
650(1)
The duties of experts
650(2)
Overriding duty
650(1)
The single joint expert
651(1)
The role of the paediatrician
652(1)
Documentary evidence
652(4)
Care Orders and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights
656(1)
Contact
657(8)
Regulating contact with children in care
657(1)
Procedural table
658(2)
Applications for leave
660(1)
Procedure
661(1)
Which court?
661(1)
Which application form?
661(1)
What else is required when issuing the application?
661(1)
Service of applications
661(1)
The court's approach
662(1)
Restrictions on applications
662(1)
Case Digest: Regulating contact with children in care
663(1)
Re B (Minors) (Care: Contact: Local Authority's Plans) [ 1993] 1 FLR 543
663(1)
Berkshire County Council v B [ 1997] 1 FLR 171
663(1)
Re W (Section 34(2) Orders) [ 2000] 1 FLR 502
663(1)
Re S (Care: Parental Contact) [ 2004] EWCA Civ 1397, [ 2005] 1 FLR 469
664(1)
Re H (Termination of Contact) [ 2005] EWCA Civ 318, [ 2005] 2 FLR 408
664(1)
Kirklees Metropolitan District Council v S (Contact to Newborn Babies) [ 2006] 1 FLR 333
664(1)
Chapter 15 Secure Accommodation
665(8)
Definition
665(1)
Children whose liberty may not be restricted
666(1)
Children whose liberty is otherwise restricted
667(1)
Duration
668(1)
The application
668(1)
Procedure
669(1)
Local authority's duties
670(1)
Appeal
671(2)
Chapter 16 Placement and Adoption
673(78)
Introduction
673(1)
Notable features of the Adoption and Children Act 2002
673(2)
Concepts introduced by the Adoption and Children Act 2002
675(1)
Concepts changed by the Adoption and Children Act 2002
675(1)
Rules and forms
676(1)
Adoption/placement order: procedural table
676(5)
Application for contact: procedural table
681(3)
The process of adoption
684(3)
Checklists
687(8)
Consent - general, to be completed in any case
687(1)
Advance consent to adoption
688(1)
Dispensing with consent to a child being placed for adoption or to the making of an adoption order - no foreign element (s 52(1))
689(2)
Placement orders
691(2)
Placing children with parental consent
693(1)
Local authority application for placement orders
694(1)
Directions on LA application for placement orders
695(1)
List of information required to enable solicitor to complete any application form for an order under the Act
695(4)
Legal details
695(1)
Applicant details
696(1)
Child(ren)
697(1)
Local authority/agency
697(1)
Relatives
698(1)
Contact
698(1)
Part 4 Confidentiality or Anonymity
698(1)
Adoption: final hearing
699(3)
Introduction
699(1)
Court's options
700(1)
Court's range of powers
700(1)
Welfare
701(1)
Delay
702(1)
Case Digest: Adoption, placement orders and special guardians
702(2)
Dispensing with consent and contact orders
702(1)
Birmingham City Council v P and Seven Others [ 2007] EWHC 3031 (Fam)
702(1)
Placement order
703(1)
Re G [ 2007] EWCA Civ 395
703(1)
Assessment of relatives
704(1)
Re B & G [ 2007] EWCA Civ 358
704(1)
Child's welfare: telling relatives and father would cause unwarranted delay
704(1)
Re C (A Child) v (1) XYZ County Council (2) EC [ 2007] EWCA Civ 1206, (2007) The Times, 5 December
704(1)
Child's welfare: duty to tell paternal relatives so they could be assessed as carers
705(1)
Birmingham City Council v (1) S (2) R (3) A (A Child by her Guardian) [ 2006] EWHC 3065 (Fam), [ 2007] 1 FLR 1223, (2007) UKHRR 588
705(1)
Welfare: assessment of family members
706(1)
Re A (A Child) (Care Order) [ 2006] Lawtel, 19 October
706(1)
Fair hearing: a different view of delay
707(1)
Re B (A Child) [ 2007] EWCA Civ 556, [ 2007] 2 FLR 979
707(1)
Factors in assessing welfare: children's wishes and feelings
707(1)
Re S & C (Children) [ 2006] EWCA Civ 1822
707(1)
Adoption: proportionality
708(1)
Re F (Children) [ 2007] EWCA Civ 516, [ 2007] 2 FLR 891
708(1)
Leave to apply for adoption order
709(2)
Re A sub nom TL (Appellant) v (1) Coventry City Council (2) CC (Respondents) & A (By Her Children's Guardian) (Intervener) [ 2007] EWCA Civ 1383
709(2)
Leave to defend adoption: child's welfare paramount
711(1)
Re P (A Child) [ 2007] EWCA Civ 616, [ 2007] 2 FLR 1069
711(1)
Leave to revoke placement order: change of circumstance; prospect of success
712(1)
Warwickshire County Council (Appellant) v M (Respondent) & (1) M (2) L (By Their Children's Guardian) (Interveners) [ 2007] EWCA Civ 1084, (2007) The Times, 21 December
712(1)
Leave to revoke placement order: change of circumstances
713(3)
Cumbria County Council v (1) W (2) C (3) J & K & L (By Their Children's Guardian F) (4) B [ 2007] EWHC 2932 (Fam)
713(1)
Re S-H (a child) sub nom NS-H v (1) Kingston upon Hull City Council (2) MC [ 2008] EWCA Civ 493, CA
714(2)
Local authority duties when application for leave to revoke pending
716(1)
Re F (A Child) sub nom C v East Sussex County Council [ 2008] EWCA Civ 439
716(1)
Agency must approve adoption before placement order application
717(1)
Re PB (A Child) [ 2006] EWCA Civ 1016, [ 2007] 1 FLR 1106
717(1)
MJ & another v X local authority [ 2008] EWCA Civ 835, [ 2008] WLR 244
718(1)
Guidance on when to advertise for adoption
718(2)
Re K (A Child) (Adoption: Permission to Advertise) [ 2007] EWHC 544 (Fam), [ 2007] 2 FLR 326
718(1)
(1) B (2) B V A County Council [ 2008] ECWA CIV 1388, [ 2007] 1 FLR 1189
718(2)
Declaration of original parentage: no disruption to adoption
720(1)
M v W (Declaration of Parentage) [ 2006] EWHC 2341 (Fam), [ 2007] 2 FLR 270
720(1)
Adoption order or special guardianship order
720(1)
Re S [ 2007] EWCA Civ 54, [ 2007] 1 FLR 819
720(1)
Re AJ [ 2007] 1 FLR 507; Re MJ [ 2007] EWCA Civ 56, [ 2007] 1 FLR 691
721(1)
Special guardianship or adoption outside the family
721(1)
Re EN (A Child) [ 2007] Civ 264
721(1)
Haringey LBC v C & Mrs E, Mr E, Mrs F and Kenya [ 2006] EWHC 1620
721(1)
Parental responsibility under SGO
722(1)
Re L (A Child) [ 2007] EWCA Civ 196
722(1)
Special guardianship reports
722(1)
Re R (A Child) sub nom Birmingham City Council v LR (by the OS) & Others [ 2006] EWCA Civ 1748, [ 2007] 1 FLR 564
722(1)
Re S (A Child) (No 2) [ 2007] EWCA Civ 90, [ 2007] 1 FLR 855
722(1)
Placement for adoption abroad
722(2)
Re G (A Child: Adoption: Placement outside the Jurisdiction) [ 2008] EWCA 105, [ 2008] WLR 56
722(1)
Haringey London Borough Council v MA and others [ 2008] EWHC 1722, [ 2008] WLR 250
723(1)
Appendix 1 President's Guidance of March 2006 Adoption: The New Law and Procedure
724(10)
Appendix 2 President's Guidance of 3 October 2008 Listing Final Hearings in Adoption Cases
734(2)
Appendix 3 Placement/Adoption Forms
736(15)
Part IV Public Law Case Digest
Chapter 17 Case Summaries
751(96)
Adoption
763(7)
A v Essex County Council [ 2003] EWCA 1848, [ 2004] 1 FLR 749
763(1)
F (Adoption: Welfare of Child: Financial Considerations) [ 2003] EWHC 3448, [ 2004] 2 FLR 440
763(1)
Re AB (Care Proceedings: Service on Husband Ignorant of Child's Existence) [ 2003] EWCA 1842, [ 2004] 1 FLR 527
763(1)
Re P (Adoption: Breach of Care Plan) [ 2004] 2 FLR 1109
763(1)
Re C (Adoption: Disclosure to Father) [ 2005] EWHC 3385 (Fam)
764(1)
Re R (Adoption: Contact) [ 2005] EWCA Civ 1128, [ 2006] 1 FLR 373
764(1)
Down Lisburn Health and Social Services Ltd v H [ 2006] UKHL 36, [ 2006] Fam Law 920
764(1)
Re R (Care Plan for Adoption: Best Interest) [ 2006] 1 FLR 483, FD
764(1)
Re F (Children) [ 2006] EWCA Civ 1345
764(1)
London Borough of H v M and A [ 2006] EWHC 1907 (Fam)
765(1)
Re S (Adoption Order or Special Guardianship Order) [ 2007] EWCA Civ 54
765(1)
M v Warwickshire County Council [ 2007] EWCA Civ 1084
765(1)
Re A: Coventry County Council v CC and A [ 2007] EWCA Civ 1383
765(1)
Re L (Adoption: Contacting Natural Father) [ 2007] EWHC 1771
766(1)
C v XYZ County Council [ 2007] EWCA Civ 1206
766(1)
Re R (Placement Order) [ 2007] EWHC 3031
766(1)
Re C (Adoption: Contact) [ 2008] Fam Law 303
766(1)
D v D (Foreign Adoption) [ 2008] EWHC 403 (Fam)
767(1)
Re G (Adoption: Placement Outside Jurisdiction) [ 2008] EWCA Civ 105
767(1)
Re G (Adoption: Placement Outside Jurisdiction) (No 2) [ 2008] EWCA Civ 105
767(1)
Re T (Placement Order) [ 2008] EWCA Civ 248
768(1)
SB v A County Council; Re P [ 2008] EWCA Civ 535
768(1)
Re F (Placement Order) [ 2008] EWCA Civ 439
769(1)
S-H v Kingston-Upon-Hull City Council [ 2008] EWCA Civ 493, [ 2008] Fam Law 717
769(1)
Re P (Placement Orders: Parental Consent) [ 2008] EWCA Civ 535
769(1)
Agreed orders
770(1)
Devon CC v S [ 1992] 2 FLR 244
770(1)
Stockport MBC v D [ 1995] 1 FLR 873
770(1)
Re C (A Minor) (Care Order: Appeal) [ 1996] 1 FCR 332, FD
770(1)
Re B (Agreed Findings of Fact) [ 1998] 2 FLR 278
770(1)
Re K (Supervision Order) [ 1999] 2 FLR 303, Wall J
771(1)
Re D (Child: Threshold Criteria) [ 2001] 1 FLR 274
771(1)
Re H (A Child) [ 2002] Lawtel 4 November
771(1)
A County Court v DP, RS, BS by his Children's Guardian [ 2005] Fam Law 769
771(1)
Appeals
771(2)
Best v Hesketh [ 2005] EWCA Civ 1380
771(1)
Re B; Re O [ 2006] EWCA Civ 1199, Wall LJ
772(1)
Re A (Children: Split Hearing) [ 2006] EWCA Civ 714, [ 2007] 1 FLR 905 Chadwick, Wall, Moore-Bick LJs
772(1)
Re A (A Child) [ 2007] EWCA Civ 899
772(1)
Re S (Child Proceedings: Urgent Appeals) [ 2007] EWCA Civ 958
772(1)
Re A (A Child) [ 2007] EWCA Civ 1058
772(1)
Assessments
773(2)
C (A Minor) (Interim Care Order: Residential Assessment) [ 1997] AC 489; Kent County Council v G [ 2005] UKHL 68
773(1)
Re L (Care: Assessment: Fair Trial) [ 2002] 2 FLR 730
773(1)
Re G (Interim Care Order: Residential Assessment) [ 2005] UKHL 68, [ 2006] 1 FLR 601 HL; Re G (A Minor) (Interim Care Order: Residential Assessment) [ 2006] 1 AC 576
773(1)
Re L and H (Children) (Care Order: Residential Assessment) [ 2007] EWCA Civ 213, [ 2007] 1 FLR 1370
774(1)
Re M-H (Assessment: Father of Half Brother) [ 2006] EWCA Civ 1864, [ 2007] 1 FLR 1715
774(1)
A Local Authority v M (Funding of Residential Assessments) [ 2008] EWHC 162 Fam
774(1)
Re M (Education: s 91(4) Order) [ 2007] EWCA Civ 1550, [ 2008] Fam Law 616
774(1)
Burden/Standard of Proof
775(3)
Re L (Sexual Abuse: Standard of Proof) [ 1996] 1 FLR 116
775(1)
Re H (Minors) (Sexual Abuse: Standard of Proof) [ 1996] AC 563; Re H and R [ 1996] 1 FLR 80
775(1)
Re M and R (Child Abuse: Evidence) [ 1996] 2 FLR 195
775(1)
Lancashire CC v B [ 2000] 1 FLR 583 at 589 C-E per Lord Nicholls
775(1)
B v Chief Constable of the Avon and Somerset Constabulary [ 2001] 1 WLR 340
775(1)
R (McCann and Others) v Crown Court at Manchester; Clingham v Kensington & Chelsea Royal London BC [ 2002] UKHL 39, [ 2002] 3 WLR 1313, [ 2002] UKHRR 1286
776(1)
Re O and N, Re B [ 2003] 1 FLR 1169
776(1)
Re A (Child Abuse) 19 September 2007 CA, [ 2007] Fam Law (October)
776(1)
Re B (Children) [ 2008] UKHL 35, [ 2008] 2 FLR 141, HL
776(2)
Care Plans
778(4)
Re J (Minors) (Care Plan) [ 1994] 1 FLR 253 and particularly at 258, 261F-262B
778(1)
Re T (A Minor) (Care Order: Conditions) [ 1994] 2 FLR 423
778(1)
Re S & D (Children: Powers of Court) [ 1995] 2 FLR 456
778(1)
Re CH (Care or Interim Care Order) [ 1998] 1 FLR 402
778(1)
Re M (Care: Challenging Decisions by Local Authority) [ 2001] 2 FLR 1300
779(1)
Re S (Minors) (Care Order: Implementation of Care Plan); Re W (Minors) (Care Order: Adequacy of Care Plan) [ 2002] 1 FLR 815
779(1)
C v Bury MBC [ 2002] 2 FLR 868
779(1)
Re C (Adoption: Religious Observance) [ 2002] 1 FLR 1119
780(1)
Re G (Care: Challenge to Local Authority's Decision) [ 2003] 2 FLR 42
780(1)
Re G (Interim Care Order: Residential Assessment) [ 2005] UKHL 68, [ 2006] 1 FLR 601
780(1)
Re X; Barnet London BC v Y and X [ 2006] 2 FLR 998 per Munby J
780(1)
Re R (Care: Rehabilitation in context of Domestic Violence) [ 2006] EWCA Civ 1638
781(1)
Re S and W (Children) (Care Proceedings: Care Plan) [ 2007] EWCA Civ 232, [ 2007] 2 FLR 275
781(1)
Re K (Care Proceedings: Care Plan) [ 2007] EWHC 393 (Fam)
781(1)
Re A (Care Plan) [ 2008] EWCA Civ 650
781(1)
Concurrent planning/Twin-Tracking
782(1)
Re D and K (Care Plan: Twin Track Planning) [ 1999] 2 FLR 872
782(1)
B Metropolitan BC v H (Goodman Project: Concurrent Planning) [ 2000] Fam Law 237
782(1)
Re R (Care: Plan for Adoption: Best Interest) [ 2006] 1 FLR 483
782(1)
Re P-B (A Child) [ 2006] EWCA Civ 1016
782(1)
Confidential information
782(1)
Brent London BC v N (Foster Carers) and P (By her Guardian) [ 2005] EWHC 1676 Fam
782(1)
Re P (Non-Disclosure of HIV Status) [ 2006] 2 FLR 50 FD
783(1)
Contact
783(10)
Re P (Minors) (Contact with Children in Care) [ 1993] 2 FLR 156
783(1)
A v M and Walsall MBC [ 1993] 2 FLR 244 783 Re B (Minors) (Care: Contact: Local Authority's Plans) [ 1993] 1 FLR 543
783(1)
Re B (Minors) (Contact) [ 1994] 2 FLR 1
784(1)
Re S (A Minor) (Care: Contact Order) [ 1994] 2 FLR 222
785(1)
Re E (A Minor) (Care Order: Contact) [ 1994] 1 FLR 146
785(1)
Re F (Contact: Child in Care) [ 1995] 1 FLR 510
786(1)
Re M (Care: Contact: Grandmother's Application for Leave) [ 1995] 2 FLR 86
786(1)
Re L (Sexual Abuse: Standard of Proof) [ 1996] 1 FLR 116
786(1)
Berkshire CC v B [ 1997] 1 FLR 171 per Hale J
787(1)
Re T and Anor (Minors) (Termination of Contact: Discharge of Order) [ 1997] 1 FLR 517
787(1)
Re I and H (Contact: Right to Give Evidence) [ 1998] 1 FLR 876
787(1)
Re F (Care Proceedings: Contact) [ 2000] 2 FCR 481, [ 2000] Fam Law 708
787(1)
Re C (Conduct of Hearing) [ 2000] EWCA Civ 144
787(1)
Re W (Section 34(2) Orders) [ 2000] 1 FLR 502
787(1)
Re K (Contact: Committal Order) [ 2002] EWCA Civ 1559, [ 2003] 1 FLR 277
787(1)
Re T (Contact: Alienation: Permission to Appeal) [ 2003] 1 FLR 531
788(1)
Re B (Section 91(14) Order: Duration) [ 2003] EWCA Civ 1966
788(1)
Re H (Termination of Contact) [ 2005] EWCA Civ 318, [ 2005] 2 FLR 408
788(1)
Re W (Care Proceedings: Leave to Apply) [ 2004] EWCA 3342 (Fam), [ 2005] 2 FLR 468
788(1)
Re S (Unco-operative Mother) [ 2004] EWCA 597, [ 2004] 2 FLR 710
789(1)
Girgulu v Germany [ 2004] 1 FLR 894
789(1)
V v V (Contact: Implacable Hostility) [ 2004] EWHC 1215 (Fam)
789(1)
Re S (Contact Dispute: Committal) [ 2004] EWCA Civ 1790, [ 2005] 1 FLR 812
789(1)
Re N (Sexual Abuse Allegations: Professionals Not Abiding by Findings of Fact) [ 2005] 2 FLR 340
789(1)
Zawadka v Poland [ 2005] 2 FLR 897
790(1)
Re A (Contact: Risk of Violence) [ 2005] EWHC 851, [ 2006] 1 FLR 283
790(1)
Re H (Termination of Contact) [ 2005] 2 FLR 408
790(1)
Re S (Care: Parental Contact) [ 2005] 1 FLR 469
790(1)
Re W (Care Proceedings: Leave to Apply) [ 2005] 2 FLR 468
790(1)
Re T (Orders for Costs) [ 2005] EWCA Civ 31, [ 2005] 2 FLR 681
790(1)
Re K & S (Children) [ 2006] 1 FCR 316
791(1)
Kirklees MBC v S (Contact to Newborn Babies) [ 2006] 1 FLR 333, Bodey J.
791(1)
Re M (Contact: Long-Term Best Interests) [ 2005] EWCA Civ 1090, [ 2006] 1 FLR 627
791(1)
Re H (Contact: Domestic Violence) [ 2005] EWCA Civ 1404, [ 2006] 1 FLR 943
792(1)
Re C (Contact: Conduct of Hearings) [ 2006] EWCA 144, [ 2006] 2 FLR 289
792(1)
Re A-H (Contact Order) [ 2008] EWCA Civ 630, [ 2008] Fam Law September 840
792(1)
Delay
793(1)
Kent County Council v G [ 2005] UKHL 68
793(1)
Designated Local Authority (s 31(8))
793(1)
Re C (Care Order: Appropriate Local Authority) [ 1997] 1 FLR 544
793(1)
Re B (Care Proceedings: Designated Authority) [ 1998] 1 FLR 80
793(1)
Northamptonshire CC v Islington BC [ 1999] 2 FLR 881
793(1)
Re C (A Child) v Plymouth City Council [ 2000] 1 FLR 875
794(1)
London Borough of Redbridge v Newport CC [ 2003] EWHC 2967, [ 2004] 2 FLR 226
794(1)
Re 11 (Care Order: Appropriate Local Authority) [ 2003] EWCA Civ 1629, [ 2004] 1 FLR 534
794(1)
Kirklees MBC v London Borough of Brent [ 2004] 2 FLR 800; Re H (Care Order: Appropriate Local Authority) [ 2004] 1 FLR 534
794(1)
Disclosure/Privilege
794(3)
L (Police Investigation: Privilege) [ 1996] 1 FLR 731, HL
794(1)
Re R (Care: Disclosure: Nature of Proceedings) [ 2002] 1 FLR 755
795(1)
A Local Authority v D (Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police Intervening); Re D [ 2006] EWHC 1465 (Fam), [ 2006] 2 FLR 1053
795(1)
Re M (Care Disclosure to Police) [ 2008] Fam Law 618
795(1)
Re X (Disclosure for Purposes of Criminal Proceedings) [ 2008] EWHC 242 (Fam)
796(1)
Emergency Procedures
797(2)
Re C and B (Care Order: Future Harm) [ 2001] 1 FLR 611 per Hale J
797(1)
P, C and S v UK [ 2002] 2 FLR 631
797(1)
X Council v B (Emergency Protection Orders) [ 2004] EWHC 2015 (Fam), [ 2005] 1 FLR 341, Munby J
797(1)
Langley v Liverpool City Council [ 2005] EWCA Civ 1173, [ 2006] 1 FLR 342
797(1)
Haringey LBC v C & E [ 2004] EWHC 2580 (Fam); [ 2005] 2 FLR 47, Ryder J
797(1)
Re X (Emergency Protection Orders) [ 2006] EWHC 510 (Fam) [ 2006] 2 FLR 701, McFarlane J
798(1)
Re M (Interim Care Order: Removal) [ 2005] EWCA Civ 1594, [ 2006] 1 FLR 1043
798(1)
Re L (Care Proceedings: Removal of Child) [ 2008] 1 FLR 575
798(1)
Birmingham City Council v M [ 2008] EWHC 1085 (Fam)
798(1)
Evidence
799(8)
Re A (A Minor) (Paternity: Refusal of Blood Test) [ 1994] 2 FLR 463
799(1)
Re Y (Evidence of Sexual Abuse: Use of Photographs) [ 2003] EWHC 3090 (Fam)
799(1)
Re O (Care Proceeding: Evidence) [ 2003] EWHC 2011 (Fam), [ 2004] 1 FLR 161
799(1)
Re T (Abuse: Standard of Proof) [ 2004] EWCA Civ 558, [ 2004] 2 FLR 838
800(1)
Re U (Serious Injury: Standard of Proof); Re B [ 2004] EWCA Civ 567
800(1)
Re K (Non-Accidental Injuries: Perpetrator: New Evidence) [ 2004] EWCA Civ 1181
800(1)
A County Council v A Mother, A Father and X, Y and Z (By Their Guardian) [ 2005] EWHC 31 (Fam), [ 2005] 2 FLR 129
801(1)
W v Oldham MBC [ 2005] EWCA Civ 1247, [ 2006] 1 FLR 543
801(1)
Re U (Care Proceedings: Criminal Conviction: Refusal to Give Evidence) [ 2006] EWHC 372 (Fam), [ 2006] 2 FLR 690
802(1)
Re B (Allegations of Sexual Abuse: Child's Evidence) [ 2006] EWCA 773, [ 2006] 2 FLR 1071
802(1)
Re S: WSP V Hull CC [ 2006] EWCA Civ 981, [ 2007] 1 FLR 90
802(1)
I M (by her guardian) v Medway Council, RM and TM [ 2007] EWCA Civ 9, [ 2007] 1 FLR 1698
802(1)
IM. v Local Authority, Re W (A Child) (Care proceedings) [ 2007] EWCA Civ 102
803(1)
D v B and ors (Flawed Sexual abuse inquiry) [ 2006] EWHC 2987 (Fam), [ 2007] 1 FLR 1295
803(1)
Oldham MBC v GW & PW [ 2007] EWHC 136, [ 2007] 2 FLR 597
803(1)
Re B (Care Proceedings: Expert Witness) [ 2007] EWCA Civ 556, [ 2007] 2 FLR 979
803(1)
Re M (Care Proceedings: Best Evidence) [ 2007] EWCA Civ 589, [ 2007] 2 FLR 1006
804(1)
Re F (Children) (DNA Evidence) [ 2007] EWHC 3235 (Fam), [ 2008] 1 FLR 348
804(1)
Re J (Application for a Shadow Expert) [ 2008] 1 FLR 1501
805(1)
Re SK (Local Authority: Expert Evidence) [ 2007] EWHC 3289 (Fam)
805(1)
Re S (Expert Evidence) [ 2008] EWCA Civ 365, [ 2008] Fam Law 729
806(1)
Oxfordshire County Council v DP, RS and BS [ 2005] EWHC 2156 (Fam), [ 2008] Fam Law 839
806(1)
Human Rights
807(1)
President's Direction [ 2000] 24 July
807(1)
Re L (Care Proceedings: Human Rights Claims) [ 2003] Fam Law 466; Re L (Care: Assessment: Fair Trial) [ 2002] 2 FLR 730
807(1)
Re G (Care; Challenge to Local Authority's Decision) [ 2003] 2 FLR 42
807(1)
Re V (Care Proceedings: Human Rights Claims) [ 2004] EWCA Civ 54
807(1)
Re W (Removal into Care) [ 2005] EWCA Civ 642, [ 2005] 2 FLR 1022
808(1)
Westminster City Council v RA, B and S [ 2005] EWHC 970 (Fam), [ 2005] 2 FLR 1309
808(1)
Inherent jurisdiction
808(1)
Re M (Interviewing Children) [ 2007] EWCA Civ 1150
808(1)
Interim Care Order
809(1)
Re S (Habeus Corpus); S v Haringey London BC [ 2003] EWHC 2734 (Admin), [ 2004] 1 FLR 590, Munby J
809(1)
Oxfordshire County Council v S [ 2003] EWHC 2174 (Fam), [ 2004] 1 FLR 426, Munby J
809(1)
Re M (Interim Care Order: Removal) [ 2005] EWCA Civ 1594, [ 2006] 1 FLR 1043
809(1)
Re K and H [ 2006] EWCA Civ 1898, [ 2007] 1 FLR 2043
809(1)
Re B (Care Order) [ 2008] EWCA Civ 131
810(1)
Judgment
810(1)
Re B (Appeal: Lack of Reasons) [ 2003] 2 FLR 1035
810(1)
Re F (Contact: Lack of Reasons) [ 2006] EWCA Civ 792
810(1)
G (Care Proceedings: Placement for Adoption) [ 2006] 1 FLR 47, CA
811(1)
Litigant in Person and McKenzie Friends
811(1)
McKenzie Friend: President's Guidance of 14 October 2008
811(1)
In the Matter of the Children of Mr O'Connell, Mr Whelan and Mr Watson [ 2005] EWCA 634, [ 2005] 2 FLR 967
811(1)
H v L & R [ 2006] EWHC 3099 (Fam), [ 2007] 2 FLR 162
811(1)
Parental Capacity/capability
811(2)
Re KD (A Minor) (Ward: Termination of Access) [ 1988] 1 AC 806
811(1)
Re S (Children) (Contact: Fact Finding Hearing) [ 2007] EWCA Civ 694
812(1)
Re L (Children) (Care proceedings: Significant Harm) [ 2006] EWCA Civ 1282
812(1)
RP v Nottingham City Council and the Official Solicitor (Mental Capacity of Parent) [ 2008] EWCA Civ 462, [ 2008] Fam Law September 835
812(1)
Parties
813(2)
Re B (Care Proceedings: Notification of Father without Parental Responsibility) [ 1999] 2 FLR 408
813(1)
Re N (Leave to Withdraw Care Proceedings) [ 2000] 1 FLR 134
813(1)
Re H (Care Proceedings: Intervener) [ 2000] 1 FLR 775
813(1)
Re J (Leave to Issue Application for a Residence order) [ 2003] 1 FLR 114
813(1)
Mabon v Mabon [ 2005] EWCA 634, [ 2005] 2 FLR 1011
814(1)
Re D (Contact and PR: Lesbian Mothers and Known Father) (No 2) [ 2006] EWHC 2 (Fam)
814(1)
Re G (Parental Responsibility Order) [ 2006] 2 FLR 1092
814(1)
Re B (Role of Biological Father) [ 2007] EWHC 1952 (Fam)
814(1)
Procedure
815(4)
Re E (Minors) [ 1991] TLR 300
815(1)
Re F (A Minor) (Care Order: Procedure) [ 1994] 1 FLR 240
815(1)
B v B (Minors) (Interviews and Listing Arrangements) [ 1994] 2 FLR 489
815(1)
Re TB (Care Proceedings: Criminal Trial) [ 1995] 2 FLR 801
816(1)
Re B (Children Act Proceedings) (Issue Estoppel) [ 1997] 1 FLR 285 per Hale J
816(1)
Re B (Appeal: Lack of Reasons) [ 2003] EWCA Civ 881
817(1)
Re Y and K (Split Hearing: Evidence) [ 2003] 2 FLR 273; R v B County Council ex p P [ 1991] 1 FLR 470
817(1)
Re U (Re-opening of Appeal) [ 2005] EWCA Civ 52, [ 2005] 2 FLR 444
817(1)
Re J (Care: Assessment: Fair Trial) [ 2006] EWCA Civ 545, [ 2007] 1 FLR 77
818(1)
Practice Note (Official Solicitor, CAFCASS and the National Assembly for Wales: Urgent and Out of Hours Cases in the Family Division of the High Court) [ 2006] 2 FLR 354
818(1)
Egan v Motor Services (Bath) Ltd [ 2007] EWCA Civ 1002
818(1)
Prohibited Steps
819(1)
Re B (Prohibited Steps Order) [ 2007] EWCA 1055
819(1)
Publicity
819(9)
Re D (Minors) (Wardship: Disclosure) [ 1994] 1 FLR 346
819(1)
Cleveland County Council v F [ 1995] 1 FLR 797, Hale J
819(1)
L (Police Investigation: Privilege) [ 1995] 1 FLR 999
820(1)
A County Council v W and Others [ 1997] 1 FLR 574
821(1)
R v Chief Constable of North Wales, ex p Thorpe [ 1998] 2 FLR 571
821(1)
Re R (Disclosure) [ 1998] 1 FLR 433
821(1)
Re L (Care Proceedings: Disclosure to Third Party) [ 2000] 1 FLR 913
821(1)
R v Local Authority and Police Authority in the Midlands ex p LM [ 2000] 1 FLR 612
822(1)
X (Disclosure of Information) [ 2001] 2 FLR 440
822(1)
P v BW (Children Cases; Hearings in Public) [ 2003] EWHC 1541 (Fam)
823(1)
Re C (Sexual Abuse: Disclosure) [ 2002] EWHC 234 (Fam)
823(1)
Re Roddy (A Child) (Identification: Restriction on Publication) [ 2003] EWHC 2927 (Fam), [ 2004] 2 FLR 949
823(1)
Re B (A Child) (Disclosure) [ 2004] EWHC 411 (Fam)
823(1)
Haringey LBC, CE and another intervening [ 2004] EWHC 2580 (Fam), [ 2005] 2 FLR 47
823(1)
Blunkett v Quinn [ 2004] EWHC 2816 (Fam), [ 2005] 1 FLR 648
824(1)
Re S (Identification: Restrictions on Publication) [ 2004] UKHL 47, [ 2005] 1 FLR 591
824(1)
Practice Note (Official Solicitor: Deputy Director of Legal Services: CAFCASS: Application for Reporting Restriction Orders) [ 2005] 2 FLR 111
824(1)
A Local Authority v W, L T and R [ 2006] 1 FLR 1
825(1)
A-G v Pelling [ 2006] 1 FLR 93
825(1)
Re H (Freeing Orders: Publicity) [ 2006] 1 FLR 815
825(1)
Re Z (Shared Parenting Plan: Publicity) [ 2006] 1 FLR 405
825(1)
BBC v Rochdale MBC and X and Y [ 2005] EWHC 2862 (Fam)
825(1)
T (By her litigation friend the Official Solicitor) v BBC [ 2007] EWHC 1683
826(1)
Re X (Children) [ 2007] EWHC 1719 Fam
826(1)
Re B; X Council v B [ 2007] EWHC 1622 (Fam)
826(1)
Re B; X Council v B (No 2) [ 2008] EWHC 270 (Fam)
827(1)
Re H (Care Plan) [ 2008] EWHC 327 (Fam)
827(1)
Residence Order
828(5)
Re K (Care Order or Residence Order) [ 1995] 1 FLR 675
828(1)
Re H (Agreed Joint Residence: Mediation) [ 2004] EWHC 2064 (Fam)
829(1)
Re R (Residence: Shared Care: Children's Views) [ 2005] EWCA Civ 542, [ 2006] 1 FLR 491, CA
829(1)
Re G (Children) [ 2005] ECWA Civ 1283, [ 2006] 1 FLR 771
829(1)
Re P (Shared Residence Order) [ 2005] EWCA Civ 1639, [ 2006] 2 FLR 347, CA
829(1)
Re G (Children) [ 2006] 2 FLR 629, HL
829(1)
B v B (Residence: Condition Limiting Geographical Area) [ 2004] 2 FLR 979
830(1)
Re K (Procedure: Family Proceedings Rules) [ 2004] EWCA Civ 1827, [ 2005] 1 FLR 764
830(1)
Re H (Residence Order: Placement and Jurisdiction) [ 2004] EWHC 3243, [ 2006] 1 FLR 1140
830(1)
Re M (Residence) [ 2004] EWCA Civ 1574, [ 2005] 1 FLR 656
830(1)
Re C (Residence) [ 2007] EWHC 2312
830(1)
Holmes-Moorhouse v Richmond-Upon-Thames LBC [ 2007] EWCA Civ 970
831(1)
Re M (Residence Order) [ 2007] EWCA 954
831(1)
Re M (Residence Order) [ 2008] EWCA Civ 66
831(1)
Re H (Leave to Apply for Residence Order) [ 2008] EWCA Civ 503; [ 2008] Fam Law 734
832(1)
Re K (Shared Residence Order) [ 2008] EWCA Civ 526
832(1)
Re S and Others (Residence) [ 2008] EWCA Civ 653, [ 2008] Fam Law 851
832(1)
Secure Accommodation Orders
833(3)
Oxfordshire County Council v R [ 1992] 1 FLR 648
833(1)
Re W (Secure Accommodation Order: Attendance at Court) [ 1994] 2 FLR 1092
833(1)
Re M (Secure Accommodation Order) [ 1995] 1 FLR 418
834(1)
Re W and D (Secure Accommodation) [ 1995] 2 FLR 807
834(1)
Re G (Secure Accommodation) [ 2000] 2 FLR 259
834(1)
Re K (Secure Accommodation Order: Right to Liberty) [ 2001] 1 FLR 526
835(1)
S v Knowsley Borough Council [ 2004] 2 FLR 716
835(1)
Split Trial
836(3)
Re T (A Minor) (Procedure: Alleged Sexual Abuse) (No 1) [ 1996] 2 FCR 370
836(1)
Re S (Care Proceedings: Split Hearing) [ 1996] 2 FLR 773
836(1)
Re CB and JB (Care Proceedings: Guidelines) [ 1998] 2 FLR 211, FD
836(1)
Re B (Split Hearing: Jurisdiction) [ 2000] 1 FLR 334
836(1)
Re D (Child: Threshold Criteria) [ 2001] 1 FLR 274
836(1)
Re G (Care Proceedings: Split Trial) [ 2001] 1 FLR 872
837(1)
Re B (Non-Accidental Injury: Compelling Medical Evidence) [ 2002] 2 FLR 599 per Thorpe LJ at 607 para 43
837(1)
Re M and MC (Care: Issues of Fact: Drawing of Orders) [ 2003] 1 FLR 461 per Thorpe U at 462-463 para 6
837(1)
Re O and N; Re (B) [ 2003] 1 FLR 1169 para [ 35]
837(1)
Re B & H (Children) [ 2003] Lawtel, 29 October
837(1)
A County Council v DP, RS, BS (By the Children's Guardian) [ 2005] EWHC 1593 (Fam), [ 2005] 2 FLR 1031
838(1)
CL v East Riding Yorkshire Council [ 2006] EWCA Civ 49, [ 2006] 2 FLR 24
838(1)
Re M (Children) [ 2006] EWCA Civ 1798
838(1)
Re A (Children: Split Hearing) [ 2006] EWCA Civ 714, [ 2007] 1 FLR 905
838(1)
Re P (Care Proceedings: Split Hearing) [ 2007] EWCA Civ 1265
839(1)
Supervision Order
839(1)
Re O (Supervision Order) [ 2001] 1 FLR 923 per Hale U
839(1)
Wakefield MDC v T [ 2008] EWCA Civ 199
840(1)
Threshold
840(5)
Introduction
840(1)
Nottinghamshire CC v P [ 1993] 2 FLR 134, CA
840(1)
Re 1 (Minors) (Care plan) [ 1994] 1 FLR 253
840(1)
Re (J (A Minor) (Care Proceedings) [ 1994] 2 FLR 69 per Wall J
840(2)
Re M (A Minor) (Care Order: Threshold Conditions) [ 1994] 2 FLR 577
842(1)
Re M (A Minor) (Care Order: Threshold Conditions) [ 1994] 2 FLR 577, 583 per Lord Mackay
842(1)
Re C (Care Order: Appropriate Local Authority) [ 1997] 1 FLR 544
842(1)
Re CH (Interim Care or Care Order) [ 1998] 1 FLR 402
842(1)
Re B (Agreed Findings of Fact) [ 1998] 2 FLR 968, CA
842(1)
Southwark LBC v B [ 1998] 2 FLR 1095, FD
842(1)
Re M (Threshold Criteria: Parental Concessions) [ 1999] 2 FLR 728, CA
843(1)
Re G (Care Proceedings: Threshold Conditions) [ 2001] 2 FLR 1111
843(1)
Re S (Minors) (Care Order; Implementation of Care Plan) and Re W (Minors) (Care order: Adequacy of Care Plan) [ 2002] 1 FLR 815
843(1)
A Local Authority v S, W and T (by his Guardian) [ 2004] EWHC 1270 (Fam)
843(1)
Re S (Care: Parenting skills: Personality Tests) [ 2004] EWCA Civ 1029, [ 2005] 2 FLR 658
844(1)
A County Council v DP, RS, BS [ 2005] 2 FLR 1031, McFarlane J
844(1)
Re K (Care: Threshold Criteria) [ 2005] EWCA Civ 1226, [ 2006] 2 FLR 868, CA
844(1)
Leeds City Council v YX and ZX (Assessment of Sexual Abuse) [ 2008] EWHC 802 (Fam)
844(1)
Oxfordshire County Council v DP, RS and BS [ 2005] EWHC 2156 (Fam), [ 2008] Fam Law 839
845(1)
Unrecorded hearings
845(1)
Re CH (Care or Interim Care Order) [ 1998] 1 FLR 402
845(1)
Welfare Checklist
846(1)
Re C and B (Care Order: Future Harm) [ 2001] 1 FLR 611 per Hale LJ
846(1)
Re B (Care: Interference with Family Life) [ 2003] 2 FLR 813 per Thorpe LJ
846(1)
Index 847