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Laura Cooper writes about the crucial role that youth justice lawyers have to play in reducing the criminalisation of looked after children at the police station.Imagine this scenario: A teenager gets...
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Emma Woollcott and Isabella Piasecka, Mishcon de ReyaEmma Woollcott and Isabella Piasecka of Mishcon de Reya consider how family disputes, particularly those involving children, can give rise to...
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Francesca Wiley QC, 1 GC Family LawThis article focuses on the evolution of approach by the family courts and practitioners working with children and families, to cases where parental alienation and...
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7 October 2019

Godparent v guardian
Many parents assume that if they have appointed a godparent for their child, that the godparent will be able to step in to take care of the children if they were to die, but this is not the case.A...
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Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules allows British Citizens and settled persons to bring their ‘partner’ to join them in the UK.  A ‘partner’ is defined as the applicant’s spouse, civil...
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Jeremy Ford, a Solicitor-Advocate at Cambridge Family Law Practice, acted pro bono on behalf of the Litigation Friend for the child at the centre of the landmark case of TT v Registrar General of...
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Anthony Searle, Barrister, Serjeants' Inn ChambersAnne Kavanagh, Senior Associate, Irwin Mitchell LLPThis article analyses XX v Whittington Hospital NHS Trust [2018] EWCA Civ 2832, [2019] PIQR Q4, the...
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The court’s unpredictable approach means alternative resolution could be the logical choice, argue Kim Beatson and Victoria BrownThe court applies its powers to capitalise maintenance provision in an...
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What is your position and what do you do on a day-to-day basis?I am the sole Director of Hepburn Delaney, a niche family law practice. I have practiced in all areas of family law, including...
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Family Asset Protection – LGBT* clients and alternative familiesIn the summer of the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall riots, the LGBT* community have a lot to celebrate. In the last 15 years,...
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