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Expert commentary, case analysis, and practical guides on divorce, children's arrangements, financial remedy, and more.
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Child ArrangementsFamily LawDisapplying the AFER 2005 in international step-parent adoptions
In an insightful judgement, the High Court has prioritised the reality of established family life over rigid procedural technicalities to ensure a “sensible result” for a stepfather and his
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Child ArrangementsThe legal recognition of “calculated silencing”
The High Court has issued a significant fact-finding judgement ruling that the father’s “calculated cruelty,” emotional withdrawal, and systematic undermining of the mother’s parental role constituted
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Child ArrangementsFamily LawA transgender man cannot be registered as a father
The High Court finally addressed the complex issue of the legal parentage of children born to transgender parents based on the intersectionality arising between the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) 2004
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Child ArrangementsFamily LawA bad parenting style is insufficient grounds to request an adoption!
The Court of Appeal (CoA) reaffirmed that adoption is a last resort and courts must conduct a rigorous proportionality analysis when considering placement orders. Where a child is thriving with a
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Child ArrangementsFamily LawA family’s religious orientations are a barrier to foster care
A recent High Court ruling on the rejection of a Christian couple’s application to become foster carers affirmed the decision of the local authority to prioritise the welfare and identity of
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Child ArrangementsFamily LawWhere does a child reside and benefit entitlements end?
The Supreme Court heard an appeal regarding a resident parent’s claim for the child element of Universal Credit (UC) while the child was living, at all material times, outside of the UK.Facts:Ms.
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Child ArrangementsFamily LawParenthood and transgenderism are not mutually exclusive
The High Court unequivocally confirmed that a transgender man’s right to conceive and carry a child is not inconsistent with his declaration to live fully in the acquired male gender for the rest of
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Child ArrangementsThe power of proof over suspicion in child care orders
The Court of Appeal (CoA) upheld the legal requirement that the permanent removal of children from settled kinship care must be based on proven facts and not on professional concern or
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Child ArrangementsKnow your surrogate, as anonymity can confound adoption
Although ultimately granting a Parental Order, the High Court warned would-be parents against embarking on a surrogacy arrangement in those instances where they do not meet or have any knowledge of
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Child ArrangementsThe power of Parens Patriae in repatriating vulnerable children
The Court of Appeal (CoA) heard a case regarding the local authority (LA’s) application to compel the return of a British child from a non-Convention country against the parents’ will. Facts: This
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Child ArrangementsFamily LawHow parental alienation can trigger the care threshold
The High Court’s decision signals that where parental alienation is acute, and the protective safety net of the Local Authority (LA) is withdrawn or deemed inadequate, the Family Court will not
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Child ArrangementsFamily LawWho receives child benefit in a Shared Care Court Order?
The Upper Tribunal (UT) enforced the principles of natural justice, ruling that when children genuinely live with both parents, the final decision regarding state benefit entitlement falls exclusively
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