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In this issue: Private children Financial provision International children LexTalk®Family: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Updated content New Q&As Useful information Private children Appeal against transfer of residence order (LT v RT) In LT v RT [2024] EWHC 2085 (Fam), the Family Division upheld the mother’s appeal against an interim care order made in private law proceedings under the Children Act 1989, which had directed the immediate transfer of the two children’s residence from her to the father. Difficulties arose because the local authority had produced a parenting assessment but did not serve it on the parents. The children’s guardian queried how any move would be implemented under a child arrangements order, as proposed by the local authority. The guardian submitted a Form C2 seeking an urgent listing; however, this was not disclosed to the parents. The parenting assessment and its recommendation for an immediate change of residence were only provided to...

In this issue: Local government finance Governance Social housing Education Children's social care Adult social care Public procurement Planning Healthcare Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Local government finance MHCLG confirms £78bn final local government finance settlement with fairer funding reforms The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has announced a £78bn Final Local Government Finance Settlement, alongside a £440m Recovery Grant boost to support the councils facing the greatest pressures, addressing deprivation and enhancing local services. The package offers multi-year certainty and features measures including writing off 90% of historic SEND deficits, a £272m increase for homelessness services, and £39.6m in mayoral capacity funding to protect people at risk of homelessness and improve local outcomes. Using an evidence-led approach, drawing on the latest indices of multiple deprivation, MHCLG says the reforms will direct a fair share to communities most affected by past reductions. See: LNB News 10/02/2026...

In this issue: Social housing Planning Healthcare Children's social care Public procurement Education Governance Social care Environmental law and climate change Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Social housing Housing—judicial review correct route to challenge section 189A plans (R (AA) v Waltham Forest LBC) In R (AA) v Waltham Forest LBC, the council’s contention that sections 202 and 204 of the Housing Act 1996 offered an adequate alternative remedy to contest a housing needs assessment and personal housing plan under section 189A was rejected by the Administrative Court as “essentially unarguable”. The 1996 Act clearly delineates which determinations are subject to statutory review and appeal, and section 189A is not among them. Although this paves the way for additional judicial reviews of section 189A plans, the court underlined that it was not throwing the doors wide open; weak claims will still be screened out at the permission stage. Authored...

Stop Press: On 31 March 2026, Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division, published consolidated guidance on allocation and gatekeeping in children proceedings before the Family Court, to take effect on 5 May 2026. This supplants the 2014 public and private law guidance, creating a single scheme for allocation across all children cases. It codifies the function of gatekeeping teams, maps allocation choices to contemporary procedural routes (including Child Focused Courts), and reaffirms the fundamentals of judicial continuity, proportionality, and the efficient deployment of judicial resources; see News Analysis: Consolidated allocation and gatekeeping guidance for children proceedings issued. This Practice Note is being revised to incorporate the President’s guidance. It sets out how to seek an order under section 8 of the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989)—namely a child arrangements order (CAO), a specific issue order, or a prohibited steps order—and provides direction on the requirement to attend a mediation information and assessment meeting (MIAM)...

Anti-social behaviour (ASB) ASB is an umbrella term capturing everyday occurrences of crime, nuisance, disruption, disturbance, annoyance and disorder. It covers behaviours such as: littering vandalism noise nuisance loud music aggressive dogs abusive neighbours Local authorities may need to respond to ASB in both housing and non-housing settings. In housing, a landlord might have to address issues between neighbours, members of the same household, or problems caused by uninvited visitors to estates. Outside a housing context, ASB can involve street drinking, gangs of youths and prostitution. Reform of anti-social behaviour powers (2014) The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (ABCPA 2014) obtained Royal Assent on 13 March 2014, overhauling the tools for tackling ASB. Its purpose was to streamline remedies and make processes simpler and more effective. In July 2014, the government issued statutory guidance, ‘Anti-social behaviour powers: statutory guidance for frontline professionals’, which is updated from time to time. In July 2022, the Home...