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Keep up to date with changes in the law, notable cases and examples of how we have helped our clients.

Roma child case transfer

London Borough of Barking & Dagenham v C & Others [2014] EWHC 2472 Miles & Partners represented a Roma father (F) who succeeded in his application to have care proceedings relating to his 10 month old son (A) transferred from ...

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08.07.2014

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Housing future needs

Temur v LB Hackney [2014] EWCA Civ 877 In 2011, following alleged domestic abuse, Ms T left her marital home to stay with friends and in a refuge before Hackney council deemed her homeless but not in priority need. In ...

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27.06.2014

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 ...

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16.06.2014

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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 ...

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12.06.2014

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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 ...

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12.05.2014

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Prenuptial agreements should be legally binding in divorce cases says Law Commission

In its recently published Report on “Matrimonial Property, Needs and Agreements”  the Law Commission has stated that prenuptial agreements should be legally binding in divorce cases. Prenuptial agreements, pre-nups, and pre-marital arrangements are all terms that refer to a contract ...

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29.04.2014

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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 ...

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17.04.2014

When is a quickie not a quickie?

On 8 April 2014, the world learned, through the media, that Liam Gallagher and Nicole Appleton are getting divorced and that they have joined the realms of celebrity divorcing couples in having a “quickie divorce” that, it seems, the rest ...

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09.04.2014

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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 ...

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05.04.2014