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Nicola Hall, New Court ChambersNicola Hall reviews the case law following on from the principle set out by Hedley J in Re L (Care: Threshold Criteria) [2007] 1 FLR 2050 that society must be willing to...
Nicholas Fairbank and Clarissa Wigoder, 4 Paper BuildingsLooks at how courts deal with businesses in financial remedy cases, both principles of valuation and distribution. Considers some of the...
Martha Gray, Harcourt ChambersOn 3 April 2020, the government published the Coronavirus (Covid-19): guidance for local authorities on children’s social care. The document identifies important...
I’ve been gauging family mediators’ perspectives on the current state of play for our profession this past week. It’s evident there has been a shift in outlook since I wrote my last Family Law...
The very recent case of S v H [2020] EWFC B16 (9 January 2020) serves as a stark reminder that there are very strict parameters in which a Court in England and Wales will be willing to consider a...
Not all foreign adoption orders are automatically recognised in this country. Only the following adoption orders are automatically recognised in this country.Adoption orders made in Scotland,...
At time of writing, public and media suggestion has continued that the current lockdown will come to a natural conclusion as some time in the coming months. When or how remains a further mystery to...
New tax year changesThe start of the new tax year has understandably almost arrived unnoticed due to the pandemic, however, there are some pretty big changes which came into effect from 6 April 2020...
A new working party to carry out the first review of supervision orders since 1989On May 11th the first meeting of a newly formed sub-group of the Public Law Working Group took place to review...
What are the practical implications of this case?Cases involving bigamy are relatively rare, and the judgment of Williams J in Padero-Mernagh v Mernagh provides a useful analysis...