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Return of child to Iran blocked
M (A Child) (Wardship) Amanda Dench successfully defended proceedings issued by an Iranian father for the return of a child to the UAE. The family had lived together in Dubai where the parents’ marriage had broken down. The father refused ...
Read more29.11.2014
Reconcilation in Turkey
C (A Child) [2013] EWCA Civ 204 Amanda Dench represented a left-behind father in Turkey whose daughter had been brought to the UK by her mother without his consent. The mother initially agreed to a return, and then sought to ...
Read more29.11.2014
Forced marriage now a criminal act
A forced marriage takes place when one or both spouses do not consent and do not want to get married but are coerced into it by others, usually by their family, people they look up to, or their community. Someone ...
Read more16.06.2014
Changes to legal aid for domestic abuse victims unlawful say Rights Of Women
The Law Society is supporting a challenge brought by the Public Law Project on behalf of Rights of Women, over the lawfulness of Government changes to legal aid which are preventing victims of domestic abuse from getting legal aid for ...
Read more12.06.2014
London Legal Walk 2014
The 10th London Legal Walk is a 10km “after work” walk led by the Lord Chief Justice and an array of legal luminaries, it has become the largest annual gathering of lawyers and the judiciary in the world. Last year ...
Read more12.05.2014
Children and Families Act 2014 – what’s new?
This is a new Act of Parliament in force from 22 April 2014. It makes several significant changes to the Children Act 1989 which is the law governing court cases about children. This article refers to the changes in cases ...
Read more17.04.2014
Cheshire West and its impact on mental health and mental capacity lawyers
The Supreme Court gave judgment on 19th March 2014 in two linked appeals: (1) P v Cheshire West and Chester Council and another; (2) P and Q v Surrey County Council [2014] UKSC 19. Both appeals were brought by the ...
Read more05.04.2014
Floyd Porter appointed partner at Miles & Partners
We are pleased to announce that Floyd Partner, Head of the Mental Health and Mental Capacity Team has been appointed to the partnership team at Miles and Partners. “On behalf of all the partners and the Management Team it is ...
Read more17.03.2014
The Law Society welcomes report on Mental Capacity Act concerns
The Law Society today issued a press release welcoming the publication by the House of Lords of a highly critical report on the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. The report of the specially convened Scrutiny Committee criticises the ...
Read more13.03.2014