United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 153995
Family Courts
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27 February 2023
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7 March 2023 · Answer
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7 March 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that experts who are called to instruct family court cases involving child residency are suitably (a) qualified and (b) regulated.
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27 February 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that experts who are called to instruct family court cases involving child residency are suitably (a) qualified and (b) regulated.
Source: Commons
7 March 2023
Answer
It is a matter for the judiciary to determine which experts may be instructed to provide evidence in family law proceedings.Section 13 of the Children and Families Act 2014 makes provision in relation to the control of expert evidence in children proceedi...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-02-27/153995
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1599451
- uk · wq-1599451 · source updated 7 March 2023