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Kevin Gordon, Head of Family at 5 Pump Court ChambersMany people use the terms ‘bed-sharing’ and ‘co-sleeping’ to describe the same thing, but there are differences: co-sleeping is when a parent and...

Even Charles Dickens might be lost for words to describe the predicament of vulnerable children in state care, and their exploitation for profit, in the 2020s. In his Hard Times (1853) he outlined the...

Luke Nelson, Barrister, 3PB This article serves as a brief precis of the practical, procedural and legal issues that arise when third-party interests in land arise in financial remedy...

Mary Welstead, Visiting Professor in Family law University of BuckinghamIn February 2023, Mrs Justice Knowles granted an order for the return of a child, aged six, to Nigeria from the UK to...

Joshua Viney, Barrister, 1 Hare Court‘Schedule 1 – out of date and out of touch’ considers the intentions behind Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 and whether the distinctions drawn in the...

James Pirrie, Solicitor, mediator and arbitrator, Family Law in PartnershipCharlotte Bradley, Solicitor and mediator, Kingsley Napley Mostyn J’s judgment in James v Seymour provides guidance...

Hilka Hollmann, Partner, Dawson Cornwell LLPSarah Cockburn, Cafcass Children's GuardianThe making of an adoption order changes a child's family law status and legal identity forever,1 and only in the...

Following a Freedom of Information request to 174 local authorities across England and Wales, and having received 119 responses, the NSPCC has issued a press release saying:"Children who have...

Miranda Fisher, Family, Charles Russell Speechlys LLPMarriage and divorce is on the rise for those aged over 65. For Family lawyers there are particular issues to consider when advising older...

Sarah Williams, Partner, Payne Hicks Beach, LLPJennifer Lee, Barrister, Pump Court ChambersIn this article, Jennifer Lee and Sarah Williams examine the implications of donor conceived children soon...

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