Junior Family Law Webinars

As we approach the mid-way point of our Spring/Summer family law programme of webinars, our junior members are pleased to present four webinars aimed at more junior solicitors, providing helpful tips across financial remedies, private and public law family cases.

The first four webinars in our programme were aimed at experienced solicitors and focus on fact finding hearings and public law cases and the recordings can be viewed here.

Please note, you will need to register for each webinar individually using the links below.

Junior Family Law Webinars

Thursday 18th May - Preparing for success at FDR

Hannah Cox and Catrin Howells
FDRs are a fundamental pillar of financial remedy proceedings, however, they are strange hearings in many ways and often require a significant amount of preparation to be effective. This talk is aimed at helping you prepare documents for FDR, manage client expectations and what to do post-FDR if parties are unable to reach settlement.

Preparing for success at FDR recording.

Thursday 1 June - Experts in private children law proceedings

Eléonore Berthelsen and Samuel Davis
Join Samuel and Eléonore for this webinar where they discuss experts in private children law proceedings including:

When do you need an expert?
Persuading the court - how to do a good part 25 application;
What to do when you receive the report – applications and challenges.

Experts in private children law proceedings recording.

Thursday 8 June - An Introduction to DOLS

Charmaine Clubb and Jennifer Youngs
A webinar intended to assist junior solicitors in identifying when DOLS issues may arise, and when applications should be considered. Tips to assist in making those applications and troubleshooting common problems.

An Introduction to DOLS recording.

Thursday 22 June - Drafting a Re A compliant threshold

James Sharpe and Helen Nettleship
Threshold documents are frequently criticised by parties and judges in children cases for not being compliant with the guidance in Re A (A Child) [2015] EWFC 11, but it is sometimes far from obvious how to put that guidance in practice in order to draft a helpful threshold document. James Sharpe and Helen Nettleship will take you through the process of identifying and presenting the key issues in a case in order to draft threshold documents in a way that will reduce the risk of judicial criticism and may assist in making cases more efficient to run as proceedings continue.

Drafting a Re A compliant threshold recording.

18th May 2023