Private children: Maintaining a balance

Kayleigh Biswas asks whether orders restricting further applications in children proceedings are an underused mechanism, or a heavy-handed approach to conclude litigation ‘A barring order is an intrusion into the right of a party to bring proceedings and to be heard in connection with matters concerning their child.’ In circumstances where there is a history …
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Children: Pausing contact

Vicki McLynn considers when stopping contact offers the best prospect of re-establishing it in the future ‘European jurisprudence has made clear that the “mutual enjoyment by parent and child of each other’s company constitutes a fundamental element of family life”.’ The recent decision in Re C (A child) [2011] saw the Court of Appeal depart …
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