Family Justice Day: 3rd Nov
All lawyers tickets are sold out.
There are a very few Social Care Professionals tickets left and the sale of those tickets will close at 4pm 27th October 2017.
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26
October
We will keep you informed about training events which may be hosted by the FJB or other organisations, and will make educational material available on this page.
12
October
Leicester Family Justice Day: 3rd November 2017
The Leicester and Leicestershire Family Law Training Association, Chaired by Martin Kingerley, present this year’s FJB Day.
All Early Bird Tickets are now SOLD OUT and there are limited tickets still available.
This year’s conference has a fantastic line up and is taking place on Friday 3rd November 2017 at City Hall, Charles Street.
Please click here to go to the booking page
In addition to the previously publicised speakers, we are pleased to confirm that Prevent are delivering a plenary session.
Please note that all booking is via the above booking page and that the Court Staff are not responsible for any related matters this year, so please do not contact them!
All attendees will need to have their details entered as part of the booking process, even for group bookings. All attendees will need to select two workshops as part of the booking process.
Click here for the poster
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18
September
Children Law Seminar 22nd September 2017
Places are still available for this week’s children law seminar hosted by No5 Chambers in Wolverhampton.
The programme and booking details can be found here.
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05
September
HRA Applications in Children Act Proceedings
The course materials from the recent seminar hosted by Clare Coles and Laura Vickers of No5 Chambers are now available to download here.
Please note: this is a sizeable document which may take a few moments to download.
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10
July
Guidance on the Publication of Judgments
The Transparency Project has published a very helpful and comprehensive guide for court users and professionals as to the publication of judgments in family proceedings.
The guide can be found here.
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10
July
Free Tea-Time CPD this week
No5 Chambers is hosting two CPD seminars on 13th July 2017 in Leicester at 4:45-6:00pm.
Participants can elect to attend either Agree to Disagree: Agreements in financial remedy post-Radmacher (hosted by Juliet Allen) or Human Rights Act applications in Children Act proceedings: An update (hosted by Laura Vickers and Clare Coles).
The event will be followed by a drinks reception. For further details and to book, click here.
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08
January
DVPP – Cafcass best practice
Cafcass have issued a letter to Designated Family Judges, published here, clarifying best practice when ordering a party in private law proceedings to attend a Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programme (DVPP). A difficulty had been identified in that, when a final order is made, there is no mechanism for Cafcass to remain involved to monitor the progress of the programme. Practitioners are now reminded to ensure that a clear order is made which allows for Cafcass ongoing involvement.
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25
November
Local Practice Guidance issued by HHJ Bellamy regarding the length of documents
Please find attached a local Practice Guidance – length of documents, issued by His Honour Judge Bellamy on 22nd November 2016 to address the length of documents filed within public law proceedings.
Please note that this practice direction contains specific page limits for the length of certain court documents to be filed, as follows:
Social work statements: 25 pages
Parenting and other assessments: 25 pages
Social work chronologies: 4 pages
Threshold documents: 2 pages
Psychologist reports: 25 pages
Independent social work reports: 25 pages
The above page limits should be adhered to unless the court gives permission in a case management order, pending any amendments to the Bundles Practice Direction, Practice Direction 27A by the President.
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10
October
ALC Conference 2016
The Association of Lawyers for Children will be hoping to continue in the rich vein of success of their annual conferences, with their upcoming conference in Bristol on 17th-19th November 2016.
Entitled “25 years of the Children Act; More Haste, Less Speed?”, the conference features a packed schedule. Residential options are available. The full programme is available here and booking is open online here.
Our very own DFJ HHJ Bellamy is the chair and we hope again for a strong Leicester contingent, as ever.
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03
October
LLFJB Family Justice Day – 28th October 2016
Bookings have opened!
The theme is ‘Perspectives and Assessment of Risk’ and the keynote speaker is Leicester’s very own Will Tyler Q.C. speaking on radicalisation. Please find the poster attached.
Plenary speakers are Professor Jane Barlow on Health Policy in pre-birth and early years, and Pause, a London based charity who focus on programmes to break the cycle of repeated removals.
Please remember to chose two workshops when booking. Here is the booking form.
The day starts with registration from 8.45am and will conclude by 4.30pm. It is worth 6 CPD and tickets are £100 for lawyers and £40 for social care professionals. Programme and workshops attached.
We value your feedback. Please complete the feedback form and return to Louise, below.
Please contact Louise at family@leicester.countycourt.gsi.gov.uk to book.
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