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Following the publication of the HCCH COVID-19 Toolkit, the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Convention has prepared a Toolkit for the effective application of the 1980 Child Abduction Convention in...
Andrzej Bojarski, 36 FamilyA decade ago hardly anyone had heard of cryptocurrencies. However, when Bitcoin soared to a record high value of nearly $20,000 in 2017, in the process making some...
Jacqueline L Thomas QC, Spire BarristersThis article looks at the Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020, introduced by Government on 24 April 2020 and the impact that the...
Gillian Geddes, 36 GroupGillian Geddes discusses representing an autistic mother in public law Children Act proceedings, outlining the difficulties her client presented with due to her disability....
Malvika Jaganmohan, St Ives ChambersMadeleine Whelan, FOURTEEN ChambersIn this article, barristers Malvika Jaganmohan (St Ives Chambers) and Madeleine Whelan (Fourteen) explore the practical and legal...
Resolution has issued guidance for litigants in person on remote hearings in the Family Court, designed to help litigants through the court process....
The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has announced that it has published two new protocols setting out its approach to returning to in-person work with children and...
Families are increasingly concerned about succession and preserving family wealth across multi-generations. Integral to this is designing and implementing estate planning measures to provide for, and...
Dr Jessie Blackbourn, Durham Law School, Durham UniversityKeywords: radicalisation, closed material procedures, special advocates, disclosureClosed material procedures were originally introduced in...
On 7 July 2020, the Court of Appeal handed down its Judgment in Holt v Holley & Steer [2020] EWCA Civ 851 providing new guidance on the assessment of the date of damage for the purposes of primary...