The Rights of Transgender Parents & Children in the Family Courts

Introduction

Representing trans people in family proceedings or being involved in cases where there are decisions being made about children seeking medical treatment regarding their gender identity can present practitioners with a variety of challenges.

This webinar will equip you with the skills and information required when you are trying to ensure that your clients and their children are treated with dignity and compassion when navigating the family justice system.

What You Will Learn

This short webinar will cover the following:

• Current guidance in the Family Courts
• The Cass Report
• Government Guidance and emergency orders made in 2024 regarding the use of puberty blockers
• Recent caselaw:
• Bell v The Tavistock
• AB v CD and others
• O v P and Q (by their children’s guardian)
• Two case studies in the speaker’s own practice:
• Advising a trans person in divorce, financial and Family Law Act proceedings
• Advising a mother in private children proceedings where one of the children was a school refuser, a diagnosis of ASD and they experienced gender dysphoria

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Friday 18th July 2025

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