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Since the Paris attacks last month, a large body of work looking to understand the reasons why terrorists targeted France has come to light. We can learn much from these detailed analyses, not least...

Many family law practitioners will have experience of cases where one parent (usually the father) presses strongly for equal shared care of the children and there is at least a suspicion that part of...

The Law Commission has published a report following a scoping project about getting married.The report is 97 pages long and contains some pretty outstanding infographics in the shape of wedding cakes...

Those of us who have been campaigning since the last years of the last century for the use of digital resources in the family courts have felt as if we have been crying in the wilderness for someone...

Hetty GleavePartner at Hunters incorporating May, May & MerrimansIt is not uncommon for people wishing to adopt a child to look beyond the shores of the UK to a foreign jurisdiction. The...

Richard Norridge, Partner, Herbert Smith FreehillsJade Hu, Trainee Solicitor, Herbert Smith FreehillsAs with many countries, Hong Kong’s population is rapidly ageing. The proportion of the...

Matthew Stott, Barrister, Field Court ChambersIn March of this year, I was involved in a case whereby unusual marks were noted on a 6-week-old child’s legs. The marks were very straight measuring...

Minkin v Landsberg [2015] EWCA Civ 1152Drafting a consent order: How hard can it be?What is the extent of a solicitor’s duty to advise 'in circumstances where the parties [have] reached...

The annual release of national divorce statistics always guarantees a flutter of excitement for a segment of journalists eager to seize on a pattern here, or a trend there. If the numbers can be woven...

The second reading of MP Richard Bacon’s No Fault Divorce Bill is expected on the 4th of December. Despite its name, it is not a hugely revolutionary Bill. It doesn’t propose to abolish divorce based...

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