PDF: Keynote Speech 2 – Recent Developments in Public Law
Lecture on developments in care proceedings presented to the members of the London Borough Legal Alliance on 23 October 2013.
An article for the ALC Newsletter (Summer / Autumn 2011, Issue 48) examining the implications of the decision in Richmond London Borough Council v B, W, B and CB [2010] EWHC 2903. Also available at The Barrister Magazine.
This text takes account of the 2013 Public Law Outline, the Practice Directions relevant to experts in Family Proceedings (PD 25 A-F) & previous Family Justice Council guidance now contained at the end of Practice Direction 25C. At the end of this document is an extract from the case of Re F (Children) (DNA Evidence) [2007] EWHC 3235 on the instructions to DNA experts.
The Draft Letter of Insruction to Experts is also available here (click on the picture of the parcel).