Drafting Documents in Public & Private Children Law Cases

Introduction

A large part of a children practitioner’s role is to draft various documents. Good drafting leads to better advocacy in court and at advocates and planning meetings.

How are you with drafting a case summary or a position statement? What do you include and leave out?

What about a threshold document? When is the document ‘Re A’ compliant?

Do you still complete a Scott Schedule, or do you prepare a ‘narrative statement’ or both?

What type of directions are required when seeking to instruct an expert?

What directions are required when seeking to lodge any placement application?

What is the benefit of a skeleton argument?

These and other questions will be answered in this webinar.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Case summaries - nuts and bolts
• Case summary - making this one of the key documents to use in court
• Use of Position Statements and Chronologies
• Preparing draft directions and orders
• Recitals and orders
• Preparing Scott Schedules for fact finding Hearings
• Narrative Statements in private children law cases
• Preparing and responding to threshold documents
• Making sure that Threshold Documents are compliant with ‘Re A’
• Use of standard orders - updates in 2024
• Provisions for Participation Directions
• Is a Part 25 Application direction required for an Intermediary - consideration of Re X & Y (Intermediary: Practice and Procedure) [2024]
• Skeleton arguments - back to basics

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Monday 2nd December 2024

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