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August 21, 2025
Document experts in age assessment disputes: Ask the court’s permission, not its forgiveness
Miya Watson examines a recent judicial review case where the court was tasked with evaluating the legitimacy of Kent County Council's age assessment, which had significant implications for the claimant's treatment under the Children Act 1989.
Aug 14, 2025
The Health and Social Care (Wales) Act 2025 – eliminating profit from the care of looked after children
What does the eliminating profit agenda of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Act 2025 mean? Eve Piffaretti and Kaya Williams explain.
Aug 01, 2025
Preparation and conduct of public law children proceedings
Adrian Gordon sets out seven aspects to consider when it comes to public law children proceedings.
Jul 22, 2025
Post-placement order contact: necessary or desirable?
Bethany Hutchinson considers a judgment handed down by the Court of Appeal giving detailed consideration to the issue of inter-sibling contact post-placement order.
Jul 22, 2025
Children law update: Summer 2025
Michael Jones KC analyses the latest public law children rulings of interest to practitioners.
Jul 18, 2025
Smile for the Camera?
Annie Sayers gives an overview of the Family Justice Council’s Guidance on covert recordings.
Jul 11, 2025
Risk assessments in care proceedings: L-G and Re T
Adrian Gordon considers two significant 2025 decisions of the Court of Appeal, which revisit some of the most fundamental considerations surrounding the application of s31 of the Children Act 1989 to the facts of every given case.
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Pathfinder and the Sunflowers
In today’s episode of FortyTwo Talks, Family Law Practitioner, Rachel Chan, is joined by Estella Newbold-Brown, Partner of Amphlett Lissimore to discuss the Private Law 'Pathfinder' and Estella’s new book, Isla and Quinn The Sunflowers.
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Jul 18, 2025
Smile for the Camera?
Annie Sayers gives an overview of the Family Justice Council’s Guidance on covert recordings.
Jul 11, 2025
Risk assessments in care proceedings: L-G and Re T
Adrian Gordon considers two significant 2025 decisions of the Court of Appeal, which revisit some of the most fundamental considerations surrounding the application of s31 of the Children Act 1989 to the facts of every given case.
Jul 09, 2025
Neurodiversity in the Family Justice System Panel Discussion
42BR Barristers is pleased to present this online panel discussion exploring the next steps in advancing and sharing best practice to support the implementation of newly published guidance aimed at improving access to justice for neurodivergent individuals.
Jul 03, 2025
What might the public inquiry on child sexual exploitation look like
With the recent announcement that there will now be a national public inquiry into child sexual exploitation (CSE) Stephanie McGarry and Sarah Erwin-Jones look at what this means for those likely to be become involved and what Baroness Casey had to say in her recently published review into CSE.
Jul 03, 2025
Too much?
In the fourth and final article on a Court of Appeal judgment that involved an exploration of the law and procedure relating to challenges to decisions about care for young people brought after the event, Catherine Rowlands looks at the Court of Appeal view on whether a local authority accidentally accommodated the claimant.
Jun 27, 2025
The attendance of experts in family proceedings
Rosie Muncer looks at the lessons to be learned from how a High Court judge considered a case management application for the single joint experts in care proceedings to attend to give oral evidence.
Jun 27, 2025
Too little? When intervention is not required
In the third article on a recent Court of Appeal judgment that involved a wide-ranging exploration of the law and procedure relating to challenges to decisions about care for young people brought after the event, Catherine Rowlands looks at how the local authority responded.
Jun 18, 2025
The seven questions to address in a welfare analysis
A recent Court of Appeal decision highlights the importance of analysing all the factors in the welfare checklist when considering a care and placement order instead of an overreliance on the ‘risk of harm’ factor, and sets out a 7-step approach to this analysis. Victoria Holland examines the ruling.
Jun 18, 2025
Too late
In the second article of a series on challenges to decisions about care for young people brought after the event, Catherine Rowlands looks at how the Court of Appeal dealt with the issue of whether a claim was brought out of time.
Jun 18, 2025
Expert fees in public law children cases
When the expert exceeds Legal Aid Agency rates, what is the Court to do? Eleanor Hull analyses an important recent ruling from the President of the Family Division.
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