# Private Children Law & Practice 2026: Shaping New Developments into Solution-Focused Advice for Your Clients

> Court-Proven, Solution-Focused Answers to 7 Thorny Questions Facing Experienced Practitioners: Directly from Top-Flight KCs, Judges, and Senior Juniors

- Format: On-demand
- 5 hours CPD
- Rates: On-Demand Single £149.00 + VAT per person; On-Demand Team £274.00 + VAT per team
- Status: Open for booking
- Book: https://whitepaper.co.uk/conferences/childrenlaw26

## Programme

- Serial Non-Compliance: Where and how do you draw the line on implacably hostile carers and serial non-compliance, including for older children?
  - Answered by Cleo Perry KC, 4PB
- Fact Finding: What counts and will sway the court over the necessity for a fact-finding hearing and how do you handle post-Section 7 allegations effectively?
  - Answered by Will Tyler KC, 36 Family
- Child Focused Courts: What do you need to know about Child Focused Courts as the model is rolled out nationally — from pre-application steps to the practical conduct of proceedings?
  - Answered by Richard Hadley KC, No5 Chambers
- Very Young Children: How far can you push the court over contact and staying arrangements for very young children, and what happens if relocation is envisioned?
  - Answered by Hannah Markham KC, 36 Family
- Alienating Behaviour: What is the latest judicial thinking on alienating behaviour following Re Y (Experts and Alienating Behaviour: The Modern Approach) [2026]?
  - Answered by Andrew Bagchi KC, 1GC
- Interim Contact: What is realistic and achievable when seeking interim contact, particularly where allegations have been raised, and Cafcass recommends no contact?
  - Answered by Christopher Miller, Fourteen
- Relocation Cases: How do you control - and overcome - difficulties with relocation cases, including non-Hague enforcement and the forensic quality of the competing plans?
  - Answered by Tim Parker KC, Deka Chambers

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