Public Law Children Update

Public Law Children Update
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Public law children update, covering the key caselaw and practice guidance since January 2023. This session will cover recent public law children updates, including authorities.

Learning Objectives:

  • Section 20: long-term use?
  • Fact-finding hearings: when (not) to have them, and what we might miss
  • Secure accommodation: the ongoing crisis
  • DoLS
  • Party status
  • Habitual residence
  • Adequacy of reasoning and requests for clarification
  • Stays pending permission to appeal
  • Forced Marriage Protection Orders

The session will also include updates on:

  • The PLO relaunch, including challenges to expert reports
  • The Portal
  • The transparency pilot
  • Guidance on learning disabilities
  • The Government’s response to the Care Review

Anna Comboni

Barrister • 4PB

Anna is a barrister at 4pb. She practises in all areas of family law, with a particular interest in children law (private and public). She appears in the Family Court and High Court representing Local Authorities, parents and children.

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