Family law: case law, statute and practice guidance roundup for 2023

2023 has seen several statutory, case law and practice guidance developments in family law. This includes the practice guidance on without notice injunctions, which has a significant impact on the way in which personal protection orders are sought; developments in the family procedure rules, financial remedy matters, children law cases and domestic abuse cases.

Family practitioners need to keep abreast of these developments and this webinar will provide a comprehensive round up of the changes in 2023, in particular:

• Running divorce cases through the online portal
• Without notice injunction orders for personal protection: consideration of the President’s Practice Guidance
• The use of s.91(14) CA 1989 directions
• Economic abuse and conduct in financial remedy cases
• Use of proprietary estoppel in family dispute cases
• Use of voluntary accommodation in care cases
• Fact-finding hearings and developments in children law cases
• Domestic abuse legislation
• Participation Directions and family law
• Key case law developments