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  • Give someone else a voice

    4 Brick Court's running team took part in the Great South Run (10 miles in Portsmouth on 26th October)on behalf of a favourite charity and your support would be greatly appreciated by the many children who have come to depend on VOICE.  VOICE is a charity entirely dedicated to giving support advice and assistance to the 60,000 children in care in the UK at any one time.

     

    The team from chambers included Jacqui Gilliatt, Louise MacLynn, Francis Cassidy, Lee Pearman and Paul Carver, joined by Jacqui's husband, John Sullivan, his friend David Parkinson and Jacqui's friends Carolyn & Tim Cobbold.

    You can log on to our Just Giving website and translate our pounding the pavements of Portsmouth in to pounds for this charity.

    Alternatively we will be happy to receive cheques made out to Voice at 4 Brick Court.

     

    Click to find out more about VOICE

  • New files on 4bc Website

    We have recently added to our website - the June 2008 updater - the Jargon Buster from A to Z (in  Family Law General) & the Family Law Bibliography (also in Family Law General).

  • Standard of Proof in Care Proceedings

    The House of Lords ruled on 11th June 2008 in an appeal in which three members of  4 Brick Court Chambers appeared before their Lordships on 19th and 20th May 2008. Marianna Hildyard QC and Isabelle Watson represented the Respondent father and Stuart Fuller (led by Stephen Cobb QC of 1 Garden Court Chambers) represented the Appellant children (through their Children’s Guardian). CAFCASS intervened.

  • Domestic Violence Practice Direction

    This Practice Direction came into force on 9.5.08.  See also the comments of Robert Stevens reported on the Family Law Week blog.

  • PLO Guidance for London

    Judge Altman, the Designated Judge for London, has issued an Initial Local Plan for London dated 10th April 2008in respect of the implementation of the Public Law Outline (which is already in force). It applies to the London Care Centre which means the PRFD & Barnet, Kingston & Croydon County Courts & is relevant also to cases transferred into those courts from the FPCs.

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Jargon Buster B

 



BAILII

The British And Irish Legal Information Institute where you can find British and Irish case law & legislation, European Union case law, Law Commission reports, and other law-related British and Irish material. 

Best Interest Panel

Local Authority Panel which considers whether adoption is in principle in a child's best interest. Once an adoption plan has panel approval, the Local Authority will apply for a placement order to move the child into an adoptive placement.

 

See: What is a Panel? 

Birth Family

Birth family is the term used to describe a child's natural parents when a child has been adopted.

 Support for birth families can be found at Direct Gov Parents. 

Boundaries

Term often used by social workers to mean ‘ground rules' for children.

 

www.raisingkids.co.uk is a website which provides information on parenting skills and includes practical ways to develop those skills.

Brussels II

An EU Regulation which came into force from 1 March 2001 which harmonized divorce jurisdictions across Europe.  It introduced across Europe the rule that the first spouse to issue a divorce petition in a country has jurisdiction (the country where the proceedings will be processed).  This can have a great disadvantage to the other party.  Couples where there is a connection with two European countries should seek quick legal advice.

 

Full text of Brussels II 

 

The EU Practice Guide to Brussels II