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• January 2017 Practice Note Official Solicitor Appointment in Family Proceedings
  Resources (20/01/2017)
  
• Practice Direction: Family Court – Duration of Ex Parte (Without Notice) Orders
  Resources (18/01/2017)
  
• Local Direction for Electronic Filing at the Central Family Court
  download (28/10/2016)
  
• Central Family Court - Local Practice Direction: Attendance of Cafcass Officer
  download (31/01/2016)
  
• Care cases with an international element: New ICACU form for requests for co-operation under Brussels IIa and the 1996 Hague Child Protection Convention and guidance notes
  Legislation (29/01/2016)
  Care cases with an international element: New ICACU form for requests for co-operation under Brussels IIa and the 1996 Hague Child Protection Convention and guidance notes
• Statement on the Efficient Conduct of Financial Remedy Hearings Allocated to a High Court Judge Whether Sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice or Elsewhere
  download (22/01/2016)
  
• Proposed Amendment to the Bundles PD 27A
  Resources (21/01/2016)
  Memorandum by the President of the Family Division
• Draft President's Guidance on Adoption
  Resources (19/01/2016)
  
• Arbitration in the Family Court: President's Guidance
  download (24/11/2015)
  
• Radicalisation Cases in the Family Courts
  Resources (08/10/2015)
  
• Interim Report of the Children and Vulnerable Witnesses Working Group
  download (14/08/2014)
  
• Practice Guidance: McKenzie Friends (Civil and Family Courts)
  download (16/07/2010)
  
• Practice Direction – Forms A58, A60 AND A61
  Resources (16/09/2009)
  
• Practice direction supplementing rules 8.A1 and 8.2 to 8.2G of the Family Proceedings Rules 1991
  download (06/08/2009)
  
• Practice direction supplementing Part 4, Rule 17 of the Family Procedure (Adoption) Rules 2005
  download (06/08/2009)
  
• President's Guidance Note: Care Proceedings involving placement order applications – Attendance of the Media
  Legislation (03/05/2009)
  
• President’s Guidance In Relation To Applications Consequent Upon The Attendance Of The Media In Family Proceedings
  Legislation (26/04/2009)
  
• Practice Direction: Attendance of Media Representatives at Hearings in Family Proceedings - High Court and County Courts
  Legislation (23/04/2009)
  
• Practice Direction: Attendance of Media Representatives at Hearings in Family Proceedings - FPC
  Legislation (23/04/2009)
  
• Practice Direction: Written Reasons in Proceedings Related to Family Proceedings
  Legislation (14/04/2009)
  
• Practice Direction: amending the Practice Direction supplementing Part 19 of the Family Procedure (Adoption Rules) 2005
  Legislation (14/04/2009)
  
• Practice Direction supplements rules 8.A1 and 8.2 to 8.2H of the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 (“the 1991 Rules”)
  Legislation (14/04/2009)
  
• Family Proceedings (Allocation to Judiciary) (Appeals) Directions 2009
  Legislation (14/04/2009)
  
• Family Proceedings (Allocation to Judiciary) Directions 2009
  Legislation (16/02/2009)
  Practice Direction issued on 11 February 2009 coming into force on 16 February 2009
• Practice Direction: Residence & Contact Orders: Domestic Violence & Harm
  Legislation (18/01/2009)
  Revised Practice Direction superseding guidance first issued on 14 May 2008
• Section 11 A – P (Children Act 1989) Guidance (for CAFCASS Practitioners)
  News (08/12/2008)
  
• President’s Guidance (Family Division: Listing In London)
  Legislation (08/12/2008)
  Issued 27 October 2008
• President's Guidance: A20(1) - Intercountry Adoption Guidance
  Legislation (24/11/2008)
  
• Applications In The Magistrates’ Court To Enforce Contact Orders
  Legislation (17/11/2008)
  
• Enforcement Of Children Act 1989 Contact Orders: Disclosure Of Information To Officers Of The National Probation Service (High Court and county court)
  Legislation (17/11/2008)
  
• Enforcement Of Children Act 1989 Contact Orders: Disclosure Of Information To Officers Of The National Probation Service (Magistrates)
  Legislation (17/11/2008)
  
• Practice Direction: Allocation and Transfer of Proceedings
  Legislation (10/11/2008)
  Issued on 3 November 2008
• Family Proceedings (Allocation to Judiciary) (Amendment) Directions 2008
  Legislation (21/10/2008)
  
• President’s Guidance: Listing Final Hearings in Adoption cases
  Legislation (21/10/2008)
  
• President’s Guidance: McKenzie Friends (October 2008)
  Legislation (19/10/2008)
  
• President's Guidance: Appointment of Guardians in Accordance with Rule 9.5
  Legislation (20/04/2008)
  
• President’s Guidance: McKenzie Friends
  Legislation (20/04/2008)
  
• Practice Direction: Experts in family proceedings relating to children
  Legislation (19/02/2008)
  
• Children Act 1989: Risk Assessments under Section 16A
  Legislation (17/09/2007)
  
• Family Assistance Orders: Consultation
  News (17/09/2007)
  
• Family Proceedings: Court Bundles
  download (21/08/2006)
  
• Guidance from the President's Office - McKenzie Friends
  Legislation (15/07/2005)
  
• President's Direction - Gender Recognition Act 2004
  Legislation (13/05/2005)
  
• President's Direction - Applications for Reporting Restriction Orders
  Legislation (13/05/2005)
  
• Practice Note - Applications for Reporting Restriction Orders
  Legislation (13/05/2005)