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2 September 2022

CPS figures show a very worrying trend for domestic abuse victims
The Domestic Abuse Commissioner, Nicole Jacobs, has said that the latest CPS figures show a very worrying trend for domestic abuse victims."Domestic abuse incidents continue to...
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Sperm donation & pre-conception agreements: The legal issues
For those who are struggling to conceive a child, the creation of an embryo using donated sperm could be lifechanging. As well as creating a baby, however, the procedure could create a whole host of...
Donna McKay
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1 September 2022

What do clients with disabilities want from a family law firm or chambers?
The simple answer is that disabled clients want the same as non-disabled clients. What do all our clients want?To be able to access services in person.To be able to access services online.To be able...
Jo O'Sullivan
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25 August 2022

Parenting following sperm donation outside of a licensed clinic: MacDougall v SW and Others
Mary Welstead, CAP Fellow Harvard Law School; Visiting Professor in Family law University of BuckinghamIn MacDougall v SW (2022) a sperm donor specialised in helping lesbian women to...
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25 August 2022

Expert evidence and second opinions: process and pitfalls
James Legg, 3pbAlex Brereton, Mishcon de Reya LLPThe use of expert evidence is tightly regulated by the Judges in the Family Court. A party will only be permitted to adduce such evidence where it is...
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25 August 2022

Financial Remedies Court: what can we expect under Peel J?
Mariko Wilson, Director at Family Law in PartnershipVictoria Nottage, Practice Development Lawyer at Family Law in PartnershipTo mark the beginning of the four-year tenure of Mr Justice Peel as...
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25 August 2022

Does CCB underpin the whole of family law practice?
Graeme Fraser, Head of Family and Partner, OGR Stock Denton LLPThe recently expanded definition of domestic abuse, to include coercive and controlling behaviour (‘CCB’) is having a profound impact...
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25 August 2022

Technology: achieving a humane approach to the remote ways of working in the Family Justice System
Gabrielle Coates, Student, MLaw programme, Northumbria UniversityProfessor Kim Holt, Professor of Family Law Northumbria University /Barrister at Trinity Chambers, NewcastleThe Covid-19 global...
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25 August 2022

Legal Parentage in the Context of Surrogacy: a review of X v Z (Parental Order Adult)
Deirdre Fottrell QC, 1GC Family Law, instructed by Russell-Cooke LLP,acted for the applicantsSharon Segal, 1GC Family Law, instructed by Goodman Ray SolicitorsLLP, acted for the subject...
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25 August 2022

Transgender youth in care proceedings Part 2: Best Practice
Dr Bianca Jackson, Family law barrister, Coram ChambersWhere a child in care proceedings is gender variant, they are arguably doubly vulnerable: by virtue of both their care status and their gender...
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