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Teri is an associate in the personal injury and clinical negligence team at Russell-Cooke Solicitors
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Matilda joined Family Law in Partnership in May 2019 as a legal assistant. She has worked in the family law sphere for 5 years, having previously worked as a paralegal at a top West End family boutique firm and in the Oxford area. Matilda has been studying to become a Chartered Legal Executive. 

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Modern times and terms: surrogacy and trusts following Cator v Thynn
Lydia Kember, Charles Russell Speechlys LLPHannah Owen, Charles Russell Speechlys LLPThe decisions in Cator v Thynn [2026] EWHC 209 (Ch) and [2026] EWHC 1045 (Ch) have sparked the interest of family...
Crossing Hadrian’s Wall: enforcement of children orders
Timothy Shortt, St John’s BuildingsCross border families are a reality the Courts must wrestle with, and frequently do through the lens of the Hague Convention. Surprisingly overlooked however is the...
Joint Committee on Human Rights calls for reform of children’s social care system to improve lifelong outcomes
The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has called for wide-ranging reform of the children’s social care system, warning that current arrangements are failing to provide adequate support for...
An essential upgrade to the advocate’s tool kit: the updated toolkit on vulnerable witnesses and parties in the Family Court
Tom Clarke, Deka ChambersMax Melsa, Deka Chambers This article addresses the update of the Advocates' Toolkit on vulnerable witnesses and parties in the family court, which is also for the first...
Adoption in the UK following double gamete surrogacy in the US
Mary Welstead, Visiting Professor in Family law University of BuckinghamIn C and Another v E (International Surrogacy and Domestic Adoption) ([2025] 2 FLR 637), attention was drawn to the...
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