Family Division

noun

1. law a division of the High Court of Justice dealing with divorce, the rights of access to children, etc

Example Sentences

In the summary, Judge McFarlane, president of the High Court's Family Division, said the issue arose against the background of "ongoing contested financial remedy proceedings".

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Sir Andrew - who is president of the family division - said family courts were the "hidden relative" in the justice system, though its judges operated "with a greater volume of work" than the Civil Court, or the Crown Court, hearing high level criminal cases.

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Sir Andrew McFarlane, president of the High Court's Family Division, described the move as a "huge step to increase transparency and improve public confidence and understanding of the family justice system".

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Since Sara Sharif was found dead there have been a series of hearings in the Family Division of the High Court in London.

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Mr Justice Peel considered evidence at private hearings in the Family Division of the High Court in London.

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