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12 January 2018

Court clarifies quasi-settlement defence to removed child’s return (L-S (a child))
Family analysis: Katy Chokowry, barrister at 1 King’s Bench Walk, examines the Court of Appeal’s approach in L-S (a child) to a child’s habitual residence, a parent’s acquiescence...
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11 January 2018

Divorce in the era of cryptocurrency: Bitcoin and non-disclosure
What is Bitcoin?Bitcoin is a form of digital currency developed in 2009. It is created and held electronically in a decentralized system meaning that no one and no government controls it. Bitcoins...
Aisling O'Reilly
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9 January 2018

The use of testing for drugs and alcohol in FDAC
Kelli Shackleton, Senior Practitioner and Substance Misuse Worker, and Vicki Ellis, Advanced Practitioner and Team Manager, SWIFT/FDAC, East SussexThis tenth blog about FDAC focuses on the use of drug...
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5 January 2018

The perennial pantomime of 'Divorce D Day'?
'January 8 is being dubbed "Divorce Day" by lawyers because of the spike in couples considering ending their marriages after the festive period'. So says a quality broadsheet. Well, it really ought to...
Tony Roe
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5 January 2018

Jurisdiction and quantum of global maintenance order (AB v CD)
Family analysis: Did the court, in deciding on financial provision, have jurisdiction to make a global maintenance order? Liz Cowell, partner at McAlister Family Law, looks at the issues of ‘global’...
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4 January 2018

The European Court decision on legality of sharia divorce: what is it really about?
A European Court decision in mid-December 2017 in the context of an Islamic divorce pronounced in Syria was bound to create headlines. Too often these were potentially misleading when the issue of law...
David Hodson OBE MCIArb
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22 December 2017

Mediation: a better route to a good settlement?
This article originally 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. Keep up to date...
Caroline Bowden
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20 December 2017

The award of damages to enable surrogacy
Given the nebulous nature of surrogacy law in the UK and the decision in Briody v St Helen's and Knowsley Area Health Authority [2001] EWCA Civ 1010, [2001] 2 FLR 1094, with its...
Mary Welstead
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18 December 2017

Detecting assets in financial proceedings (Richardson-Ruhan v Ruhan)
Family analysis: In Richardson-Ruhan v Ruhan the court was concerned with assertions that assets belonging to the husband were held for him by a nominee, related commercial proceedings and arguments...
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15 December 2017

Views sought on a new strategy for child maintenance compliance and arrears
A consultation from the Department for Work and Pensions seeks views on a new child maintenance compliance and arrears strategy. Views are requested on options to give the Child Maintenance Service...
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