Butterworths Family Law Service

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Issue 265 April 2025 Binder 3(I) Children Narrative 3A Narrative Chapter 2 Parentage Chapter 3 Parental responsibility Chapter 4 The exercise and discharge of parental responsibility Chapter 5 Guardianship Chapter 6 Private law proceedings: Children Act 1989, Part II Chapter 7 Local authority support for children and families Chapter 8 Local authority duties to looked after children Chapter 9 Leaving local authority care Chapter 10 Local authority complaints procedure Chapter 11 Local authority support for children: inter agency co-operation Chapter 12 Secure accommodation Chapter 13 Care and supervision orders Chapter 15Child protection Indexes Binder 3(II) Children Narrative 3A Narrative Chapter 20 Adoption: background and general principles Chapter 23 Adoption agencies: matching children with adopters, and reviews Chapter 24 Placement for adoption Chapter 25 Adoption Chapter 26 Adoption registers and disclosure of information Chapter 28 Adoption and the courts Chapter 29 Special guardianship Chapter 32 Case management (3): preparation and procedure Chapter 33 Experts (1): procedural matters Chapter 35 Burden/standard of proof and findings of fact Chapter 38 Disclosure within proceedings Chapter 40 Judgment Chapter 45 Appeals Chapter 46 Media attendance at and reporting of children proceedings Chapter 47 Wardship and the inherent jurisdiction Binder 4(I) Property, Money and Tax - Narrative 4A Narrative Chapter 5 Financial remedy proceedings: pensions Indexes Binder 5 Human Rights and International 5A Narrative Chapter 1 An introduction to international family law Chapter 4A Recognition and enforcement of orders concerning children

Contributors

Mr Justice Moor, The Honourable  Consulting editor
Agata Patyna, MSc, BA (Hons), Barrister, Doughty Street Chambers   Editor
Simon Wilkinson, Barrister, Parklane Plowden Chambers  Editor
David Emmerson OBE, Partner at Anthony Gold, Higher Rights Advocate, Accredited Mediator and Collaborative Lawyer, Deputy District Judge   Editor
PM Bromley, MA, Barrister, Emeritus Professor of English Law, Manchester University   Founding editor
Martin L Parry, LLB, Non-Practising Solicitor, Emeritus Reader in Law, University of Hull   Founding editor
Andrew Newbury, LLB, Solicitor, Partner, Hall Brown, Manchester   Editor
District Judge Charles Prest QC, Leeds Combined Court Centre  General editor
Aina Khan OBE, LLB, Head of Islamic & Asian Division, Duncan Lewis   Editor
HHJ Stephen Wildblood KC  Editor
Eleanor Harding, Judge of The First Tier Tribunal   Editor
Alex Verdan KC, Barrister, Head of Chambers, 4 Paper Buildings   Editor
Ellie Foster, Legal Director, Raworths LLP  Editor
Helen Conway, District Judge  Editor
Judith Murray KC, Barrister, 4 Paper Buildings  Editor
The Honourable Ms Justice Henke  Editor
Dorothea Gartland KC, Barrister, 4 Paper Buildings  Editor
Emily Ward, Barrister, Broadway House Chambers  Editor
Louise Potter, MA (Oxon), Barrister   Editor
Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon), Barrister, 39 Essex Chambers   Editor
Michael Gration KC, LLB (Brunel), Barrister, 4 Paper Buildings   Editor
David Salter, MA, LLM, Deputy High Court Judge and Recorder   Editor
Maria Wright, Solicitor  Editor
Sarah Anticoni, LLB, Solicitor, Mediator, Partner, Charles Russell Speechlys, London  Editor
David Josiah-Lake, LLB, Solicitor, Josiah-Lake Gardiner LLP, London  Editor
Teertha Gupta KC, LLB (Leeds), Barrister, Inner Temple   Editor
Aidan Vine KC, BA (Oxon), MA (Cornell), Barrister, Harcourt Chambers, London and Oxford   Editor
The Honourable Mr Justice Williams   Editor
Jonathan Montgomery, BA, LLM, Professor of Law, University of Southampton  General editor