Course description
This virtual classroom seminar is for busy family law practitioners. It covers a wide range of topics including case law updates plus practice, procedure and regulatory issues.
This comprehensive update will cover the latest developments regarding financial remedy orders, divorce/dissolution/nullity, public and private children law, and domestic abuse law and practice. Cohabitation will also be discussed, along with the latest on adoption and placement orders.
It is presented by Safda Mahmood, a highly articulate and popular speaker, who has a practical and pragmatic approach to his subject.
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Training Course Content
Introduction
This virtual classroom seminar is for busy family law practitioners. It covers a wide range of topics including case law updates plus practice, procedure and regulatory issues.
What You Will Learn
This live and interactive session will cover the following:
Divorce/Dissolution/Nullity
- New Divorce Law since implementation
- How has it changed the way we run divorce cases
- Position with costs
- Sole and Joint Applications
Financial Remedy Orders
- Case law update
- Conduct and litigation misconduct
- Maintenance Pending Suit
- Special Contribution Arguments
- Costs
Private Children Law
- Child Arrangements Orders - methods of enforcement
- PD12J: When is a Fact Finding Hearing necessary?
- Vulnerable witnesses
- Scott Schedules and Narrative Statements
- Restrictions on parental responsibility
Domestic Abuse Law and Practice
- Case law update
- Domestic Abuse Act 2021 Key Developments
- Cross Examination and DAPO’s
Cohabitation
- Use of TOLATA
- Key Case Law Developments
Public Children Law
- Case law update
- Fact finding hearings
- Contact with/end of contact with a child in care
- Special Guardianship Orders
- Change of nationality of children in care
- Recovery orders
Adoption and Placement Orders
- Case law update
- Inherent jurisdiction and wardship
- Leave to Revoke Placement Orders and Leave to Oppose Adoption Orders
Please note: You are reminded that the contents of this live session will involve discussions relating to sensitive issues about safeguarding. Also, given that many people are working from home, we ask you to ensure that you are in a private space where you and the speaker(s) is/are not overheard.
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