Private children law – 2025 update

Private children law continues to evolve, and 2025 has seen significant developments. From changes in parental responsibility and parentage declarations to enforcement of child arrangements and the impact of the Pathfinder Pilots.

This webinar offers a clear and up-to-date overview, ideal for practitioners seeking a concise summary of key principles, recent case law, and practical updates. The webinar provides a focused review of the most important changes in private children law over the past year.

Topics covered include:

• Developments surrounding parental responsibility
• Declarations as to parentage
• Practice direction updates
• MIAM’s and use of NCDR
• Pathfinder pilots and courts – how has this progressed?
• Use of child impact report
• Domestic abuse fact-finding hearings in private children law cases
• Use of QLR and private children law cases
• Change of name[s]
• Developments surrounding PD12J and interim contact/ child arrangements
• Family reporting
• Key case law developments