No Summary Return
A recent case has highlighted factors at play when applications are made for summary return…
April 9, 2025 By Bill Wilkins
Children and separation – what should I do?
This is an open-ended question but one which many couples following a breakdown in the…
April 8, 2025 By Edward Bidder
Parents must work together constructively – Re DE and FG [2025] EWHC 666 (fam)
The recent case of DE and FG considered a lengthy and protracted dispute between parents…
March 31, 2025 By Edward Bidder
Lessons from A v B [2025] on Fertility Law Compliance
The recently reported case of A v B [2025] EWFC 48 considered an application for…
March 24, 2025 By Sarah Bell
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
Refusal of application for summary return to a non-Hague signatory country
A recent case has highlighted the approach to applications for summary return of a child…
March 17, 2025 By Bill Wilkins
No purpose in carrying on the proceedings – Child Arrangements Order proceedings ended
A recent case has highlighted factors that the Court take into account when considering whether…
March 13, 2025 By Bill Wilkins
Refusal of application for relocation – Miami not so Nice
A recent case has highlighted the factors that need to be focused upon when either…
March 4, 2025 By Bill Wilkins
Adoption application – Adoption Act
In making an adoption application, it is important that the rules are followed and requirements…
March 3, 2025 By Mark Smith
New Guidance for Family Law Judges – Writing to Children In Family Court Proceedings
This week, Sir Andrew McFarlane (President of the Family Division) brought in new guidance for…
February 28, 2025 By Stephens Scown