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We are delighted to sponsor the Private Law Update and the Public Law Update at the Association of Lawyers for Children (@Tweets_ALC).
Tomorrow, Nkumbe Ekaney KC and Lucy Bennett will be presenting a workshop on the topic 'FGM and the Family Court'.
We look forward to seeing many members of the family law community at the conference.
🎉 Heartfelt thanks to our amazing 2024 conference sponsors: @1GCFamilyLaw, @ThreeDJB, @4PBFamilyLaw @42BR @AlbionChambers ,@CoramFamilyLaw , @dnalegal , @gardencourtlaw and @Lextox 🙌
We truly appreciate your contribution
#ALCCon24
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The Family Justice Council will hold its 17th Annual Debate and panel discussion on Thursday 5 December 2024, from 5-7pm. The motion for this year’s debate is: ‘Has the time come to widen the scope of legal parentage?’.
Find out more and register: judiciary.uk/related-offices…
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NEW REPORT
The family justice system has been described as ‘operating in the dark’, with problems including a fragmented system of data owners and users, and significant data gaps
Our new report identifies ways to improve data across the system
nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/…
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Lady chief justice calls for sustainable funding and digital transformation of courts:
lawgazette.co.uk/news/lady-c…
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📣 Great offer for juniors - one year membership for £25 and a reduced day rate of £100 for the conference on Friday 15.11.24. Includes lunch, refreshments, conference pack and all the talks, and we'll be hosting our junior members for informal drinks afterwards 🙂
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An extraordinary evening at the Royal Courts of Justice to celebrate 75 years of women silks (King’s Counsel). The Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr congratulated over 350 women KCs from the most senior #16 HHJ Shirley Anwyl KC to the most recently appointed #641 Clea Topolski KC.
ALT Around 350 women standing in the Great Hall of the Royal Courts of Justice with the photograph taken from above
ALT The Lady Chief Justice delivering a speech on the steps inside the Royal Courts of Justice.
ALT A photograph of women seated and standing listening to a speech inside the Royal Courts of Justice.
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The deadline to register to attend the FJC Experts Symposium on 16 October in-person has been extended to the end of 29 September.
The Family Justice Council Experts Sub-Committee invites the judiciary, legal, medical, and allied professions to apply to attend the FJC Experts Symposium on 16 October in Cardiff. For more information and to register: judiciary.uk/related-offices…
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Jane Poore, our Adoption Consultant, shares her thoughts on the AFDiT framework launch, its impact on practice, and how it can support children’s identity during family transitions.
#Adoption #socialwork #AFDiT
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Adoption England are developing some National Practice Standards for maintaining relationships for adopted children and are looking for feedback from practitioners and birth parents.
Share your thoughts 👇
surveys.leeds.gov.uk/s/MR-st…
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Today we are publishing new analysis, undertaken with @MutualVentures, on behalf of @educationgovuk, 'FDAC: The Case for Investment'. It shows that FDACs generate significant savings in comparison to standard care proceedings.
Access the report: ow.ly/TfJz50SMVlU
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Two newly published reports from the President’s Transparency Implementation Group (TIG) judiciary.uk/about-the-judic… a positive evaluation of the Reporting Pilot and a report on the state of data in family justice system. (See just above ‘training materials’)
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NEW REPORT
In this new report, we look at some of our impact over the past five years and lay out our plans for taking our research and collaborative approaches forward
Read more: nuffieldfjo.org.uk/wp-conten…
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Family law in Scotland and England – the language is different, here's a summary of some of the key differences: thefamilylawlanguageproject.…
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📢📢Update on the Suspected Inflicted Head Injury Service (SIHIS) pilot. The Department for Education is hosting a broadcast to provide further information, and an opportunity to ask questions. 25 July 2024 at 430pm. Register here events.teams.microsoft.com/e…
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The latest episode of the CYP Now podcast includes a debate on reporting in family courts, featuring @lisa_harker of @NuffieldFJO, @SomiaSiddiq of @ITNSolicitors and Yvonne Wilson of @nagalro. Plus, an interview with @AshleyJBaptiste. Listen below🎧
cypnow.co.uk/podcast
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D and A (Fact-Finding : Research Literature) [2024] EWCA Civ 663 (19 June 2024):
Appeal by parents to set aside findings made in care proceedings, raising issues about use of medical research literature as evidence in care proceedings. Appeal allowed. bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ…
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This competition is open to all students in their third year of undergraduate study and above, postgraduate students, CPE/LPC/BPTC students, recent graduates, paralegals, and anyone currently applying for training contracts or pupillage #familylaw #futurelawyers #lawstudent