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YRes West Midlands Children Law Update
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Hollie Orgee Irwin MitchellLucie French St Philips Chambers
YRes West Midlands Children Law Update 14 April 2016 at St Ives ChambersChildren law matters seem to be particularly at the forefront of people's minds at the moment. After all if it can happen to Madonna and Guy Ritchie (featuring the Midlands' own MacDonald J) it can happen to us all. On that basis the sixth annual YRes West Midlands Children Law Update came at the perfect time.
As always there was an excellent turnout for the event - in fact it completely sold out! We put this down to the fantastic speakers: Jeremy Weston QC of St Ives Chambers and Elizabeth McGrath QC of St Philip's Chambers (although no doubt ticket sales were improved by the prospect of St Ives' sausage rolls!).
Attendees were treated to a whistle-stop tour of the recent key cases in both private and public law.
Private Law
Relocation: external
Elizabeth McGrath QC began the seminar discussing developments in private law children matters. Liz firstly explored with us the recent case of
Re B (A Child) (Habitual Residence:... Read the full article here.
