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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...

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,...

Anna Dannreuther, Field Court ChambersIn a system of scant resources and public funding, family law practitioners and judges must carefully monitor the advent of remote hearings to assess whether...

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...

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...

In short, the case concerns three children but the judgement largely deals with the eldest child, B, a 14-year-old boy who was wrongly removed and retained by the mother in Sierra Leone. The younger...

It is the job of Executors (appointed under a Will) or Administrators (entitled by law where there is no Will) to deal with administering the estate of someone who has died. Acting as an Executor or...

What is your position and what do you do on a day-to-day basis? I am an Associate at Family Law in Partnership, a boutique Tier 1 family law firm in London. I advise on all aspects of private...

In Re N (A child) [2020] EWFC 35 the High Court was asked to consider whether judicial delays abroad caused by COVID-19 was a reason to depart from the general practice recommended in the decision in...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has joined forces with survivors, campaigners and experts to call for an end to the harmful practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the capital. FGM...

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