‘Family court judge says while each parent is devoted to their sons, the boys are “the most unfortunate children” because the estranged couple are unable to contain their hatred for each other’
Daily Telegraph, 8th May 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Ricky Seal, member of No5 Chambers Family Group, has compiled a list of private children case law updates for the Leicester & Leicestershire Family Justice Board.’
No. 5 Chambers, 9th April 2015
Source: www.no5.com
‘Much discussion has taken place of late with regard to the importance of fault in divorce law, so I ask is it still necessary to attribute blame to the other party? The party whom you once loved and maybe even still do, the party with whom you shared your hopes and dreams, your life, only for this party to become in legal speak, the respondent.’
Full story
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 28th April 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘The country’s top family judge has urged parents to do more to ensure that fractious and rebellious teenagers do what they “ought” to be doing.’
The Independent, 22nd April 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Home Office has been ordered to arrange for a deported migrant family to be returned to Britain from Nigeria – in a landmark ruling that threatens to undermine the Government’s “deport first, appeal later” policy.
The Independent, 22nd April 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘John Wilson QC of 1 Hare Court analyses a Court of Appeal judgment on the illegality defence which may prove very pertinent to cohabitation and financial remedy cases.’
Family Law Week, 15th April 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘The criminal justice system makes is too hard for families whose loved ones have died in police custody to get answers, according to a candid letter written by the home secretary to two families affected by such deaths.’
The Guardian, 19th April 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Laws governing divorce in England and Wales should be modernised to allow couples to divorce without accusing their ex of adultery or ‘unreasonable behaviour’, according to one of the country’s most senior judges.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th April 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Judge rules in Staffordshire council’s favour after Thomas Buckett suffered 10 skull fractures and spent two weeks in a coma.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th April 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Family Arbitration (PDF)
Sir Hugh Bennett
The Inner Temple, 30th March 2015
Source: www.innertemple.org.uk
‘A local housing authority, in carrying out its duties under the Housing Act 1996, was obliged to accommodate a homeless person in suitable accommodation within its district if it was reasonably practicable to do so. The authority was to determine the suitability of the proposed accommodation by reference to the needs of the individual homeless person and each member of her household and to its location. Where accommodation was offered outside the authority’s district, the placement was to be as close as possible to where the members of the household had previously lived. In reaching its decision, the authority was required to take account of the Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) Order 2012 (SI 2012/2601) and the guidance issued by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. It was also required, by section 11(2) of the Children Act 2004, to have regard to the need to safeguard and to promote the welfare of the children concerned.’
WLR Daily, 2nd April 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Sulema Jahangir, solicitor with Dawson Cornwell, explains the plight of wives and mothers who are stranded in foreign countries, often separated from their children, and unable to return to England because of immigration restrictions.’
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Family Law Week, 31st March 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Caroline Hopkins challenged the terms of the settlement but judge rejected claim.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The father, from Rotherham, was completely open with social workers about his conviction that children benefit from corporal punishment.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Wyatt (Appellant) v Vince (Respondent) [2015] UKSC 14 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 11th March 2015
‘Jan Ellis, chartered accountant, of Ellis Foster LLP, a firm which specialises in advising family lawyers on tax-related family law issues, explains the budget changes of most relevance to family lawyers.’
Family Law Week, 18th March 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A new law will allow relatives of missing people to take charge of their family member’s property and financial affairs, such as suspending direct debit payments for mobile phone and utility bills, and making mortgage payments, the Ministry of Justice announced today.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd March 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘R(on the application of SG and others (previously JS and others)) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2015] UKSC 16. The Supreme Court was sharply divided yesterday over whether the benefit cap breaches the Human Rights Act.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th March 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The single father in the recent case B v C & Others (Surrogacy: Adoption) [2015] EWFC 17 (Fam) successfully obtained an adoption order which was the only means open to him to secure his legal relationship with his surrogate son. Alison Hunt of Park Square Barristers represented the father in this unique case in the Family Court before Mrs Justice Theis. The judgment opens the way for other single would-be parents to proceed in the same way, but it also highlights the very real pitfalls and uncertainty which await them in this difficult process. It raises questions about whether parental orders should be available to single applicants as they are for couples.’
Park Square Barristers, 9th March 2015
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
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