Family

• Cases generally heard in private as are sensitive matters.
• Hears cases where child is to be made ward of court, and cases relating to the welfare of children, under the children act of 1989.
• Hears appeals from lower courts, such as the family proceedings court, and cases transferred from county court which are complex.
• Hears cases with foreign elements such as child abduction or forced marriage.
• Heard by a single judge.