Stephen Cullen, a principal in the firm's Family Law & Private Clients practice group, will be participating in an online webinar panel discussion titled "Access to Family Justice Internationally During the Covid-19 Crisis" hosted by Resolution.

Program Description:

Following on the success of our previous webinar, this session will consider family court closures internationally across another six jurisdictions (USA, Chile, Malaysia, Scotland, France and South Africa) in the response to Covid-19 and how each is providing access to justice.

We will discuss the current situation regarding the global access to family justice during the extraordinary times we live in.

This webinar will consider family court closures internationally across another six jurisdictions in the response to Covid-19 and how each is providing access to justice.

It will consider issues such as:

• When the lockdown has come into effect across different jurisdictions, in particular regarding access to courts and education
• The current level of access to family courts at first instance and at appeal level
• How technology and remote access is being facilitated in different jurisdictions
• Patterns of court closure in holiday periods and how urgent cases are being managed

Speakers:

• Sarah Lucy Cooper – England & Wales
• Stephen Cullen – USA
• Daniela Horvitz – Chile
• Kiran Dhaliwal – Malaysia
• Lucia Clark – Scotland
• Isabelle Rein-Lescastereyres – France
• Beverley Clark – South Africa

Webinar Q&A Resource

Click here to download the Q&A document.