22 November 2007
Barts and The London Queen Mary University of London have been added to the list of accredited bodies approved by the Ministry of Justice to carry out court-directed tests for parentage.
Under section 20 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969, courts have a statutory power to direct a scientific test to ascertain the parentage of a child when one party does not want testing to be done. If the court makes such a 'section 20 direction', they must choose a tester from a list of accredited bodies that we maintain.
List of accredited organisations [PDF 0.03mb, 1 pages]
Details of how to apply for accreditation, the application form and further background information on court-directed paternity testing are on the HMCS website.