Adoption Report from The President’s Public Law Working Group 

In recent days, The President’s Public Law Working Group has today published its much-anticipated report, ‘Recommendations for Best Practice in Respect of Adoption’. This report is a critical read for all family law practitioners, particularly those involved in adoption cases.  The report outlines several key recommendations aimed at improving practices and policies surrounding adoption in […]

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N (Refusal of Placement Order) [2023] EWCA Civ 364

N (Refusal of Placement Order) [2023] EWCA Civ 364

An appeal by a local authority against the refusal to make a placement order. The Court of Appeal case of N (Refusal of Placement Order) [2023] EWCA Civ 364 provides a helpful reminder to all practitioners, but specifically to those of us who are regularly instructed by local authorities, that it is wrong in law […]

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