Course description
Designed for busy family law practitioners, this in-person course covers a wide range of topics including caselaw updates plus practice, procedure and regulatory issues.
The course will update you on developments in financial remedy orders, public children law, cohabitation, divorce and more.
The course is presented by Safda Mahmood, a highly articulate and popular speaker who has extensive experience in both practising and teaching family and children law for over 27 years.
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Training Course Content
Introduction
This course is for busy family law practitioners. It covers a wide range of topics including caselaw updates plus practice, procedure and regulatory issues.
What You Will Learn
This course will cover the following:
Divorce/Dissolution/Nullity
- Divorce law since implementation
- How has it changed the way we run divorce cases?
- Position with costs
- Sole and Joint Applications
- Common errors and developments
Financial Remedy Orders
- Caselaw update
- Conduct and litigation misconduct
- Maintenance and Periodical Payments
- 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
- Pathfinder Pilot
Domestic Abuse Law and Practice
- Caselaw update
- Domestic Abuse Act 2021 Key Developments
- Cross Examination and DAPO’s
Cohabitation
- Use of TOLATA
- Use of Schedule 1 CA 1989
- Key caselaw developments
Public Children Law
- Caselaw update
- Fact finding hearings
- Contact with/end of contact with a child in care
- Special Guardianship Orders
- Dol Orders and Secure Accommodation
Adoption and Placement Orders
- Placement Orders
- Leave to Revoke Placement Orders and Leave to Oppose Adoption Orders
Expenses
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