Family Law - The Complete Practice & Procedure

Course level

Introductory

Delegates

This course will be of benefit to trainees, qualified solicitors new to this area and support staff.

Overview

This course is the first two-day introductory level course of its kind to offer you with an in-depth account of the complete practice and procedure for family / matrimonial law. The course will guide you through the whole spectrum of family law, in an easy, logical, and approachable manner. It will equip you with the essential skills and grounding to tackle this rapidly changing area of the law, so as to increase confidence, ability, and fee-earning capacity. The course will use examples from the presenter's actual caseload as illustrations throughout, so as to put the law into context.

By the end of this course you will be able to:

  • Understand the law and practice on marriage, void and voidable marriages
  • Carry the drafting and procedural steps to a divorce, dissolution, nullity and judicial separation.
  • Understand the law and practice on domestic abuse and forced marriage, including remedies, injunctions and enforcement.
  • Carry the drafting and procedural steps to a remedy for personal protection
  • Understand the law and practice on family finance - including financial orders
  • Carry the drafting and procedural steps to a financial remedy
  • Understand the law and practice on cohabitation, and to carry out drafting and procedural steps
  • Understand the law and practice on private children law, including types of orders, drafting and procedure
  • Explain the law surrounding enforcement of contact orders, including the Children and Adoption Act 2020
  • Understand the law and practice on public children law, including care proceedings, and adoption, drafting and the procedure

    • "A CPD certificate of completion will be provided by BPP Professional Education Limited upon request, following attendance."


      Approved for accreditation by the Bar Standards Board

      Course Dates

      Location Dates Time Availability
      London 09 Aug 2020 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM  Spaces
      Manchester 13 Sep 2020 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM  Spaces
      Leeds 20 Sep 2020 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM  Spaces
      Birmingham 04 Oct 2020 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM  Spaces
      London 25 Oct 2020 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM  Spaces
      London 13 Dec 2020 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM  Spaces

      If you would like any further information on any of the electives please call us on 2020 226 2422 or email [email protected]

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