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Julian Bremner

27th October 2020

Family Courts and Telephone Hearings

The BBC posted on its website this morning an article talking about how difficult it currently is interacting with the...
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Shazia Khan

15th October 2020

What is a Child Abduction Warning Notice?

The Children’s Society describes a Child Abduction Warning Notice ‘as an early intervention and disruption tool used by the police...
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Hannah Viet

12th October 2020

How does divorce affect children’s education

Until it came to deciding what school I wanted to send my daughter to, I naively thought it would be...
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Beth Kivelä

18th September 2020

“The Harm Report”: Assessing risk of harm to children and parents in private law cases

Earlier this year, and following a public consultation in 2019, the Ministry of Justice published a much anticipated panel report...
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Jodie Moore

17th September 2020

NT v LT K (A Child) (Stay of Return Order: Asylum Application) (Contact to a Parent in Self-Isolation)

Last week, the High Court judgement of NT v LT K (A Child) (Stay of Return Order: Asylum Application) (Contact...
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Marianna Lambrou

7th September 2020

Breach of a Court Order: Penal Notices – what are they and how can they help?

What are they? A penal notice is essentially a warning attached to a court order setting out that if the...
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Emily Watson

4th September 2020

Could going to Court be the best money you ever spend on your children?

Joe Swash, star of Dancing on Ice and I’m a Celebrity, talked to the press this week about how going...
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Joanna Kay

30th July 2020

Surrogacy – what you need to be aware of before entering a surrogacy agreement

For any couple considering having a child through surrogacy (‘intended parents’) there are some very significant elements both legal and...
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Jessica Smith

28th July 2020

What is parental responsibility?

Parental responsibility definition Parental Responsibility is defined by the Children Act 1989 as ‘all the rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and...
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