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Sir James Munby

Formerly President of the Family Division
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Formerly President of the Family Division
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Speech by Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, at the Annual Dinner of the Family Law Bar Association on Friday 27 February 2015 at the Middle Temple.Madam Chairman, Mr Vice Chairman,...
I am pleased to report that the Ministry of Justice is intending to gather information, and subsequently undertake a research study, on private law cases where direct cross examination of a vulnerable...
A key element of the family justice reforms is the transparency agenda – finding ways of opening up the workings of the Family Court to public scrutiny so as to increase understanding of what we...
In my last ‘View’, [2014] Fam Law 978, I set out the next steps in the ongoing process of reform. How do matters stand in August 2014?Working Groups The Financial Remedies Working Group...
On 22 April 2014 we saw the implementation of the final version of the revised PLO in public law cases (PLO 2014) and the implementation in private law cases of the Child Arrangements Programme...
Before Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division and Head of Family Justice, Lord Justice McFarlane, Lord Justice Ryder and Mr David Norgrove, 29 April 2014 The President: We gather today...
We stand on the cusp of history. 22 April 2014 marks the largest reform of the family justice system any of us have seen or will see in our professional lifetimes. On 22 April 2014 almost all the...
Keywords: Inherent jurisdiction – vulnerable adults – mental capacity – Court of Protection – welfare A historical analysis of the rediscovery – in truth the invention – by the judges...
Address by the President, Sir James Munby, at the Annual Dinner of the Family Law Bar Association in Middle Temple Hall on Friday, 28 February 2014 Madam Chairman, Mr Vice Chairman, Officers and...
We are rapidly approaching the date for formal implementation of the family justice reforms. Subject to timely completion of the Parliamentary process in relation to the Children and Families Bill, it...
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