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Team M&P complete 2015 London Legal Walk

Miles and Partners joined the London Legal Walk with over 9,000 other colleagues in a bid to raise funds for the London Legal Support Trust. The London Legal Support Trust is part of a network of seven Legal Support Trusts ...

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19.05.2015

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11th annual London Legal Walk 2015

On Monday 18th of May, Miles & Partners Solicitors will join 8,000 lawyers, including more than 100 judges and magistrates, in taking to the streets of the capital to walk 10km together in the 11th annual London Legal Walk 2015 ...

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15.05.2015

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Solicitor granted reprieve from Court after failing to attend directions hearing

The intention of the 2013 Civil Procedure Reforms was to ensure that court litigation was conducted proportionately and efficiently, which meant that Courts were expected to censure the lax culture of non-compliance with Court orders which, it was believed, had ...

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23.03.2015

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Ex wife can make financial application 30 years after divorce finalised says Supreme Court

The recently reported decision of the Supreme Court of Kathleen Wyatt and Dale Vince highlights the importance of ensuring your matrimonial finances are finalised as soon as possible after the divorce if not contemporaneous with it. In this case Ms ...

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12.03.2015

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Domestic and other violence and homelessness

The Court of Appeal has been looking at the circumstances when an applicant for homelessness assistance can argue that it is not reasonable to continue to occupy their home because of threatened or actual violence from a third party. In ...

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24.02.2015

Testimony of teenage children safeguards mother from prison sentence after they are not returned to Spain

Case report: Cambra v Jones & Jones [2014] EWHC 2264 (Fam) An English mother of five children faced a potential prison sentence after two of her children were not returned to return to Spain to live with their father as ...

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14.12.2014

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Local Authorities and intentionally homeless families – who takes the responsibility?

R (on the application of) AM v London Borough of Havering (1), London Borough of Tower Hamlets (2), London Borough of Barking & Dagenham (Interested Party) This case was given permission by James Goudie QC on 17 October 2014 and ...

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02.12.2014

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Spain contempt successfully defended by Amanda Dench

In the Matter of an application by Her Majesty’s Solicitor General for the committal to prison of Jennifer Marie Jones for alleged contempt of court [2013] EWHC 2579 (Fam) Amanda Dench successfully defended an application heard by the President of ...

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29.11.2014

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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 ...

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29.11.2014