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Family Division

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2023

I joined a flood of reporters from the national press heading into the Family Division of the High Court at the Royal Courts of Justice.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2023

Mr Justice Francis, who is based in the Family Division of the High Court, had been considering a case centred on a teenage girl in council care in Wales.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2022

By convention, after a senior royal dies, the executor of their will applies to the head of the London High Court's Family Division for the will to be sealed.

From Reuters ● Sep. 13, 2022

In June 2021, Andrew McFarlane, president of the High Court's Family Division, held a private hearing at which he agreed that Philip's will should be sealed and kept private for 90 years.

From Reuters ● Jul. 29, 2022

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