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HMCTS Family Public Law (FPL) online service: release notes and portal updates tracker for solicitors/legal professionals and local authorities in public law children proceedings

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This Practice Note summarises the Family Public Law (FPL) HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) online service release notes for solicitors/legal professionals and local authorities. These notes outline design and other changes applied to the HMCTS online service used to issue and manage public law children proceedings. The most recent notes are listed below.

For practical help on using the HMCTS online service, see Practice Note: Online public law children proceedings. For practical guidance on public children procedure, see Practice Note: Public law children procedure—Public Law Outline. For guidance on adding a barrister so they can access the case via MyHMCTS (where their own organisation is registered with MyHMCTS), see: Contact the FPL service with any feedback about the online service at FamilyPublicLawServiceTeam@justice.gov.uk.

Solicitor/legal professionals release notes

Recent FPL release notes directed to solicitors/legal professionals include:

  • 2025 News Update to the Family Public Law (FPL) digital portal—submitting an application during existing proceedings LNB News 07/11/2025 43
  • Family Public Law (FPL) release note launches query case management feature LNB News 05/11/2025 36
  • MyHMCTS Family Public Law service adds extra categories for Case File View LNB News 03/10/2025 62
  • Family Public Law (FPL) re-release of PBA...
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