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28 May 2020

Lawyers in Lockdown 2: A Remote Day in Court
At time of writing, public and media suggestion has continued that the current lockdown will come to a natural conclusion as some time in the coming months. When or how remains a further mystery to...
Adrian Barnett-Thoung-Holland
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28 May 2020

Keeping families together: the role of the court in child reunification
A new working party to carry out the first review of supervision orders since 1989On May 11th the first meeting of a newly formed sub-group of the Public Law Working Group took place to review...
Judith Harwin Sir Michael Joseph Keehan
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28 May 2020

New tax changes that may impact on divorcing couples
New tax year changesThe start of the new tax year has understandably almost arrived unnoticed due to the pandemic, however, there are some pretty big changes which came into effect from 6 April 2020...
Sofia Thomas
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28 May 2020

Recognition of foreign marriage—implications of (Padero-Mernagh v Mernagh)
What are the practical implications of this case?Cases involving bigamy are relatively rare, and the judgment of Williams J in Padero-Mernagh v Mernagh provides a useful analysis...
Siddique Patel
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28 May 2020

COVID-19, reporting of family law decisions and the family courts: a public disinfectant?
In a rather shocking judgment a Miami court has ordered that Theresa Greene, an emergency room doctor, will temporarily lose her joint custody of her four-year-old child due to her working...
Simon Bruce Jack Verdan
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28 May 2020

Child Abduction and Brexit
The UK has left the EU and is now going through a transitionary period. This is due to last until December 2020 and may be extended however nobody knows for sure yet.Brussels IIa Regulation (dealing...
Hilary Lennox
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28 May 2020

The intestacy rules
Clients often assume that their estate will pass to their spouse or civil partner automatically and so there is no need for them to put in place a Will. This assumption is not, in fact, accurate in...
Natasha Senior
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28 May 2020

Digital assets and estate planning
 A spouse looking to make a claim over a family trust has three potential lines of attack. Each one can seriously dent family wealth if there is no planned and detailed defence in place. However,...
Joshua Boughton
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27 May 2020

Is coronavirus a Barder event?
Alexander Chandler, 1 King's Bench WalkEveryone remembers the case of Barder and the strict conditions which have to be before a court reopens a final financial remedy order because of a supervening...
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27 May 2020

The importance of obtaining a recognised Jewish get when Jewish couples divorce and how the courts can help
Lucy Greenwood and Feriha Tayfur, The International Family Law Group LLPWhilst there has been a lot of discussion around the recognition of religious marriages following the recent Court of Appeal...
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