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Extra bedroom for carer
EW v LB Haringey 31/3/14 – Central London County Court Lou Crisfield successfully represented EW in an appeal in the county court against a council decision that a one bedroom flat was suitable when EW needed an extra bedroom for ...
Read more01.04.2014
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
Testimonial: Mary gave very measured and sound advice
‘We were hugely grateful to have Mary’s committed support. Mary gave very measured and sound advice which was extremely well explained and made a great deal of sense. She is a first class lawyer: efficient, level headed, informed, informative and ...
Read more11.03.2014
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
Belief in sanctity of marriage not relevant to Appeal Court
In Mulcahy v Castles Solicitors [2013] EWCA Civ 1686 Jane Mulcahy, a devout Roman Catholic who believed strongly in the sanctity of marriage, claimed that her lawyers had failed her in not advising that a divorce would bring her marriage ...
Read more05.02.2014
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
Adoption appeal success
Re E [2013] EWCA Civ 1614 Miles & Partners represented a mother of three in her appeal against an adoption order for her youngest child. The appeal was successful, the adoption order set aside and replaced with an interim care ...
Read more30.10.2013