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28 September 2022

Holidays out of the jurisdiction: a review of case law and practical tips
Jo Carr-West, Partner, Hunters Law LLPEri Horrocks, Associate, Hunters Law LLPThis article considers the approach the family court has taken in recent years in relation to applications to take...
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28 September 2022

Religious objections to withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from a child
Varsha Jagadesham, Barrister, No5In recent years, there has been a number of high-profile cases where the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from children has been opposed by their parents on the...
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28 September 2022

Two into one: does it go?
Caroline Bowden, Consultant at Anthony Gold SolicitorsThe family law world is buzzing with the talk of lawyers working in a new way as a neutral, seeing both separating individuals...
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28 September 2022

What’s in a name and the future of children’s surnames
Jemimah Fleet, Knowledge Development Lawyer, Charles Russell Speechlys LLPSarah Higgins, Partner, Charles Russell Speechlys LLPWhat’s in a name? As Shakespeare put it, a rose by any other name...
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28 September 2022

Inter-country adoptions – a nationality and immigration law perspective
Sarah Pinder, Barrister, Goldsmiths ChambersFamily law practitioners will be familiar with the frameworks and procedures providing for and regulating a child’s adoption in the UK. But what of...
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28 September 2022

Trauma and conflict in families and professionals in safeguarding systems: finding understanding and breaking down barriers
Dr Kate Hellin, Consultant Chartered PsychologistThere is often an implicit assumption that the origins of family conflict and breakdown lie in parental pathology and that it is therefore parents who...
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28 September 2022

Flexible emotional concepts or fixed entities– interpreting the Children and Adoption Act 2002: Re YP
Mary Welstead, CAP Fellow Harvard Law School; Visiting Professor in Family law University of BuckinghamIn 1961 Elvis Presley sang: ‘Home is where the heart is And my heart is anywhere...
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28 September 2022

The metaverse: what virtual reality platforms will mean for safeguarding children and how family practitioners can best prepare for that
Grace Robertson, New Court ChambersThe metaverse might not exist in its full science-fiction envisioned entirety, but what is already very real is that even in its current infantile state concerns...
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21 September 2022

Now we know the makeup of British families, can we afford to wait any longer to ‘meet their needs’?
Earlier this month the government published the lengthy, very comprehensive, and long-awaited Independent Family Review report which contains ‘ground-breaking research’ that Dame Rachel de Souza, the...
Jane Robey
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21 September 2022

Last chance to vote for the winners of Clerking Team of the Year and Commentator of the Year
The Family Law Awards 2022 shortlist is now out! The full shortlist can be viewed here.As is tradition, three of the awards (Family Law Clerking Team of the Year, Family Law Commentator of the...
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