Public children law – the latest news in 2025

This webinar will provide practitioners with an essential update on recent developments in public children law, including key case law and practice changes.

Topics will include the use of intermediaries and cognitive functioning assessments, developments in public funding and instructing experts, approaches to risk assessment, and the latest position on deprivation of liberty and post-adoption contact.

Delivered with a focus on the practical impact of changes throughout 2025, the webinar will offer a succinct yet comprehensive overview designed to equip you with the key principles and current issues shaping this area of practice.

Topics covered include:

• Practice direction updates
• Interim care orders and position with s.37 CA 1989
• Vaccinations and parental responsibility
• 2024 EWFC 350
• Instructing experts and funding – updates on the Remuneration Guidance in 2025
• Experts and application for authority
• Use of intermediaries, cognitive assessments and capacity – what is the current position?
• Intermediaries and position in Re M (A Child: Intermediaries) 2025 EWCA Civ 440
• Assessment of risk
• 2025 EWCA Civ 93
• Secure accommodation and Deprivation of Liberty Orders
• Dol cases and impact of Re J (A Child) 2025 EWCA Civ 478
• Reporting pilot and practice direction updates
• Modern view of adoption following R and C
• Placement order contact
• Case law update