Guidance
Capacity and Competence
Published 2022-09-13Last updated 2023-09-27
Documents
Guidance on assessing child’s competence to instruct a solicitor (Word doc).
The aim of this guidance is to provide some consistency of approach while recognising that each child is unique and each case fact specific.
Guidance on the Capacity to Litigate in Proceedings Involving Children – April 2018 (PDF)
This guidance has been produced to assist judges in the Family Court