With the courts confirming there is no way to define an ‘expert’ in family proceedings, Sarah Keily stresses the need for caution until change is effected, in an article for New Law Journal.
The President of the Family division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, recently gave judgment in the case of Re C (‘Parental Alienation’; Instruction of Expert) [2023] EWHC 345 (Fam). The judgment provides guidance to family law practitioners about the instruction of unregulated experts, in particular in cases where parental alienation is alleged.