Do you need consent to move abroad with your child?
Do separated parents need consent if they want to move abroad with their child? The…
October 31, 2025 By Elizabeth Ferguson
Child custody and access myths
This article looks at child custody and access. These two words continue to be the…
October 31, 2025 By Elizabeth Ferguson
Private Family Law – how Courts make their decisions
How do lawyers know what advice to give clients going through private family law proceedings?…
October 24, 2025 By Mark Smith
Child arrangements – we’re all going on, a summer holiday?
With summer holidays now upon us, many families will be booking or leaving for sunnier…
September 26, 2025 By Edward Bidder
Private Law Children Act Proceedings – Jargon Busting
Whether you are the applicant or find yourself as a respondent in private law Children…
September 26, 2025 By Libby Lovell
Jurisdiction/Habitual Residence and being out of reach of the Court
A recent case has drawn helpful attention to the criteria for a child to be…
March 24, 2025 By Bill Wilkins
Key Articles of the Hague Convention
The recent case of KL v PQ NIFam 13, heard in May 2024 by the…
March 24, 2025 By Megan Eaton
Wrongful removal – return to the Netherlands
A recent case very helpfully considered factors that need to be taken into account when…
March 19, 2025 By Bill Wilkins
Reunite International – Child Abduction Centre
Reunite International is an independent charity supporting parents, guardians and family members dealing with international…
February 26, 2025 By Libby Lovell
I thought I was doing the right thing
Ann Thomas sets out the problems that can arise when travelling abroad with a child.…
February 10, 2025 By Ann Thomas
Application for summary return of a child to a non-Hague country
A recent case (between a father and a mother [2024] EWHC 3125 (Fam)) has provided…
January 7, 2025 By Bill Wilkins
Relocation – which court has jurisdiction?
If a parent takes a child out of the country unbeknown to the other parent…
December 30, 2024 By Bill Wilkins