It's been another busy year! Our guides were viewed 276,588 times in 2011... up 255% on 2010.2011 - What We've Achieved - Completed Projects
10 New Smartphone Guides
- Mediation
- The Pre-Action Protocol for Mediation Information and Assessment
- Dyslexia and the Courts
- Section 91.14 Orders
- Seek and Find Orders
- Courts and Judges
- Instructing and Using a Solicitor
- Writing a Skeleton Argument
- Writing a Position Statement for Court
- Writing a Statement for Court - Contact and Shared Residence cases
- Parental Alienation Related Case Law
- Section 91.14 Related Case Law
- Wishes and Feelings Related Case Law
- Leave to Remove Case Law (full text of 7 judgments)
- Internal Relocation Case Law (full text of 11 judgments)
- Form FM1 - For Mediation
- Brussels II - Section 41 Certificate - where parents wish to make UK made contact orders enforceable in other European countries (excluding Denmark)
- We had the new court forms up quicker than HMCTS
- We've updated our Leave to Remove guides and case law sections following the review of Payne v Payne
- We produced new guides taking into account new processes for mediation
- A new, updated kindle book on Leave to Remove
- A new, updated kindle book on Internal Relocation
- Support Forums - fully built... entering beta test phase on January 6th 2012
- A new smartphone guide on Appeals
2011 - Lobbying Successes
- After almost 2 years of lobbying, speaking at Westminster, our report to Parliament supported by Sir Bob Geldof, and two Early Day Motions... in June 2011, Payne v Payne was finally reviewed by the Court of Appeal. Payne v Payne is now viewed as 'useful guidance' rather than binding precedent, and not applicable where parents share care.
- We submitted our own initial response to the Family Justice Review's consultation, then teamed up with the charity Families Need Fathers in response to the Review's interim report.
2012 - Plans (so far)
- Completing the 4, ongoing projects - launching the two new book titles, publishing our Smartphone based Appeals Guide
- Support Forums going fully live
- New case law resources
- A new and updated guide to Shared Residence - moving to kindle format
- Quick Guides - Applying to Court
- Webinars for the charity Families Need Fathers
- Additional smartphone based guides on various aspects of the legal process in family law.
According to the Government's own impact assessment, 53,000 cases are likely to lose legal aid if their plans go ahead. We'll be ready to fill the information void.
