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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
Civil Partnership may be bar to same sex marriage
A gay couple are considering legal action against the government as it may not be possible to convert a civil partnership to marriage, once the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 comes into force. The current law will require couples ...
Read more18.02.2014
Japan’s ratifies Hague Convention
On Friday 24 January 2014, Japan became the 91st Contracting State to the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. This marks a milestone in international children law and the end of a ...
Read more27.01.2014
Parental child abduction on the rise
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has released figures showing that, on average, almost two children are abducted abroad each day. The FCO has released a short film, ‘Caught in the middle’, to highlight the issues and encourage parents to think ...
Read more23.12.2013
Miles & Partners praised for their pro bono work
Miles & Partners have been praised for their willingness to provide pro bono support to a mother facing imprisonment who was ineligible for public funding. Proceedings had been issued by the Solicitor General following the mother’s failure to deliver up ...
Read more05.09.2013
Church wedding bells to ring for all by summer 2014
After many years of both expectation and anticipation The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill made its final journey through Parliament, receiving Royal Assent on 17 July 2013. The Royal Assent places the final seal on a modern law and has ...
Read more25.07.2013
Walking for justice: London Legal Walk 2013
The 9th London Legal Walk is a 10km “after work” walk. Led by the Lord Chief Justice and an array of legal luminaries, 6,000 walkers raised £540,000 last year. The 2013 Walk is set to be a record breaker, with ...
Read more14.05.2013
Rachel Turner joins the mental health and capacity team
Miles & Partners are very pleased to welcome Rachel Turner into our Mental Health Team. Rachel is an extremely accomplished practitioner with over 9 years’ experience of Mental Health law. As well as being a member of the Mental Health ...
Read more05.11.2012
Investing in leaders at Miles & Partners
Following Sophy Miles’s announcement of her intention to retire from the partnership of Miles & Partners LLP we took the opportunity to review our management structure. We were very pleased when Floyd Porter agreed to lead the Mental Health team ...
Read more08.06.2012