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Child maintenance responsibilities enforced in China with a Schedule 1 application
Case report: Confidential Some parents will do anything to try and avoid paying their share of child maintenance, even moving to the other side of the world. But this does not mean that they are beyond the reach of English ...
Read more24.08.2020
Court of Protection gives former refugee the right to refuse nutrition treatment
Case report: [2020] EWCOP 37. Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership and North Bristol NHS Trust v WA and DT A young man who has been refusing food and drink, in protest at the Home Office’s change to his date ...
Read more17.08.2020
Testimonial: The family courts requires kind, smart and strategic lawyers like Mary
‘In these difficult times, the family courts requires kind, smart and strategic lawyers like Mary who are willing to fight for vulnerable clients and do their very best for them’
Read more08.08.2020
Get a wriggle on with your divorce settlement to benefit from stamp duty holiday
Divorcing couples in England are encouraged to agree their financial settlements promptly to take advantage of Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty holiday for house buyers. ‘Divorce can often require the purchase of a property for one partner, or even selling the ...
Read more04.08.2020
When a spouse or partner is abusive during lockdown
Dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic has caused seismic changes to all of our lives, including our family life. During the lockdown we are all forced to isolate in our homes, and for some this forced time together and the disruption ...
Read more14.07.2020
FGM order confirms ‘a child’s welfare is paramount’ in Court of Appeal case where schoolgirl was at risk of deportation
Case report: [2020] EWCA Civ 731. Kate Hammond has helped secure the welfare of a Suffolk schoolgirl in a landmark case where the local authority’s petition for a female genital mutilation (FGM) protection order was disputed by the Home Office. ...
Read more10.07.2020
Kate Hammond wins 2020 Family Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Award
There has been some wonderful news this morning – managing partner Kate Hammond has won the Family Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year (LALY) award. The coveted award, sponsored by Resolution, was presented at the first LALY awards held online ...
Read more08.07.2020