Deaf Awareness Week: fairness for deaf parties in care proceedings

Deaf Awareness Week Unit Chambers

Rounding off Deaf Awareness Week, Pupil Barrister, Lyana Chan considers the recent authority of Re A and B (Children) (Deaf Parent – Assessment and Practice) [2021] EWFC 10.Background These were care proceedings for two very young children – A (DOB 10.09.2018) and B (DOB 12.01.2020). Neither child had lived with the parents; A was placed […]

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Re YY (Children: Conduct of the Local Authority)

Re YY (Children: Conduct of the Local Authority)

IntroductionThe conduct of a local authority (LA) in public proceedings has come to the forefront of the court’s mind in the recent case of Re YY (Children: Conduct of the Local Authority) [2021] EWHC 749 (Fam). Family law relies upon the collaboration of a multidisciplinary team of professionals to provide an accurate and true depiction […]

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Grandparents: securing contact with grandchildren

Grandparents contact grandchildren

Grandparents in lockdown   The COVID-19 lockdown and social distancing exposed something that we have always known as a society; children need to experience a relationship with grandparents, where possible, and, grandparents often need the joy and love from their grandchildren in the winter of their years. It is a social structure as old as […]

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Re H-N and Domestic Abuse: Our Key Takeaways

Re H-N and Others Unit Chambers

Introduction The judgment of Re H-N and Others (Children)(Domestic Abuse: Finding of Fact Hearings) [2021] EWCA Civ 448 has finally been handed down by the President of the Family Division, Lady Justice King and Lord Justice Holroyde. What was long billed by those of us in the family legal profession as potentially a game changer in the way the family courts address […]

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