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16 March 2018

Relocation, relocation, relocation: balancing the competing interests in child relocation cases
The original version of this article appeared in New Law Journal, the leading weekly legal magazine.Find the latest UK law news and legal advice with information and analysis from the legal world....
Victoria Brown Kim Beatson
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13 March 2018

Guidance on Art 5 compliance when a child in local authority care is deprived of their liberty
In Re A-F (Children) (Care Orders: Restrictions on Liberty) [2018] EWHC 138 (Fam) the court gave guidance on when Art 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is engaged in relation to...
Emma Fitzsimons
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9 March 2018

Daughter ordered to take DNA test to prove she has an interest in her late father’s estate
Colin Birtles died without a will in 2013. He was survived by his two daughters, Lorraine Freeman and Janice Nield-Moir. Unbeknown to her elder sister, Mrs Freeman successfully applied for letters of...
Bernadette Baker
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9 March 2018

Divorce? You may regret it if you don't ask for legal advice
Yedina v Yedin and another [2017] EWHC 3319 (Ch) was an interesting case which highlighted the importance of seeking advice from a family lawyer when planning to divorce.A couple married in Ukraine in...
Lisa Pepper
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9 March 2018

Parental consent to medical treatment
Last month the Government published a report on how it makes decisions about which vaccines to fund. For a long time, charities and campaigners have been lobbying for this report to be published. It...
Leonie Burke
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8 March 2018

Transforming the Response to Domestic Abuse: a Government consultation paper
Working towards an end to domestic abuseA year after Minister of Justice Truss’s proposals for the protection of complainants of domestic abuse from direct questioning by their alleged abusers saw...
David Burrows
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5 March 2018

Considerations for care homes on the charging of fees after death
In the first of a regular Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE) column for Family Law Claire Davis, Director of SFE, considers the issue of care homes charging fees after death The Competitions...
Claire Davis
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1 March 2018

Is the Home Office taking over domestic abuse?
Is Parliamentary and other Government activity in the last week evidence of movement towards a Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill; and will we see some real results from the Home Secretary – since Lord...
David Burrows
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1 March 2018

Thai case shines the light on international surrogacy
A story reported by The Telegraph last week raises some interesting questions about international surrogacy. The reporting states that a 28-year-old wealthy Japanese businessman paid...
Anest Mathias
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27 February 2018

The importance of considering all the options in relocation cases
Family analysis: Catherine Wood QC, of 4 Paper Buildings, reviews the decision in Re M (International Relocation: Welfare Analysis) [2017] EWCA Civ 2356 in which the Court of Appeal held that the...
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