New judicial protocol for cross-border children’s cases agreed
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Lord Carloway
The Lord President, Lord Carloway, head of the Scottish judiciary and Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division in England & Wales, have agreed a new judicial protocol which will provide for the direct exchange of information between judges in intra-UK cross-border cases involving children.
The protocol will operate in cases in which the courts in Scotland, and England and Wales, are involved.
It will allow for the prompt exchange of key information about any existing proceedings, and the legal options available to the court in each jurisdiction.
The protocol is intended to ensure that cases with a cross-border dimension are dealt with promptly and efficiently.
The protocol, which was signed yesterday by Lord Carloway and Sir James Munby, will take effect immediately.
Lord Carloway said: “This is a valuable initiative which will help to ensure that cross-border cases involving children are dealt with effectively and without delay.”
A supplementary handbook has also been published, with contributions by Scottish and English QCs, to provide judges with a short summary of the law relating to children in Scotland, England and Wales.
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