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2 February 2017

The impact of contact and living arrangements on a child’s psychological development
Hannah Perry, Solicitor, Harbour Family LawResearch tells us that children of divorced parents may be affected by a higher than average incidence of depression and mood disorders, and also...
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2 February 2017

Parents’ and children’s rights and good practice: section 20
Penelope Welbourne, Associate Professor in Social Work School of Health Professions, University of PlymouthA series of cases decided from 2012 onwards has highlighted failings in local authority...
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31 January 2017

3-person IVF approved by HFEA – what does this mean?
On 15 December 2016, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) approved the use of a new medical technique, known as mitochondrial donation, at UK fertility clinics.This means people at...
Louisa Ghevaert
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30 January 2017

Unfair marital agreements, chaos of EU law and unusual routes to fairness: DB v PB [2016] EWHC 3431 (Fam)
An  English High Court decision, reported late last week, has highlighted several  real jurisdictional obstacles to producing a straightforward and obvious fair  outcome.  The...
David Hodson OBE MCIArb
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27 January 2017

A useful reminder that the decision of the court is not necessarily the objective truth: Adepoju v Akinola [2016] EWHC 3160 (Ch)
At its heart Adepoju v Akinola [2016] EWHC 3160 (Ch) was a simple probate case. However, the judgment also provides a useful reminder to litigants as to how the court decides a case. The case was...
Chloe Ashman
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26 January 2017

Deprivation of liberty in intensive care – the Court of Appeal decides
The Court of Appeal has this morning (26 January) handed down judgment in R (Ferreira) v HM Senior Coroner for Inner South London & Ors [2017] EWCA Civ 31.   We will have full...
Alex Ruck Keene
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26 January 2017

Prest, Iqbal and the judgment summons procedure
Procedure and proof in judgment summons and committal proceedingsThe starting point for this article is the judgment summons application and Iqbal v Iqbal [2017] EWCA Civ 19 (judgment of Sir Ernest...
David Burrows
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25 January 2017

Family Law Cohabitation Conference
The below article appears in the January issue of Family Law at [2017] Fam Law 114 and has been made available, free of charge, as a service to our readers.In his...
Gwyn Evans
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25 January 2017

The deprivation of a child’s liberty
The making of a secure accommodation order lies at the extreme end of the court’s powers. However, they are not uncommon. They are, in fact, fairly regularly used in relation to teenagers who put...
Jason Hadden MBE Emma Kendall
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24 January 2017

The FDAC trial for change – combining expert assessment and intervention during proceedings
Jo-Ann Maycock, Development Co-ordinator FDAC National UnitThis is the second blog in our series of blogs about FDAC. Here we are going to describe one of the key differences between FDAC and ordinary...
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