Category Archives: Family Law Services

Family Law – Recap Part 2

Last week, across our social media channels, we highlighted more of the Family Law work...

Family Law Part 1 – Recap

Last week, across our social media channels, we highlighted some of the Family Law work...

Big Money Divorce – Husband Pays for Failing to Engage in Proceedings

Many divorcees feel that their ex-spouses have over-egged their financial demands. Stuart Barton looks at...

Woman’s Long Quest to Identify Her Biological Father Finally Bears Fruit

For most people, knowing who their parents are is fundamental to their core sense of...

Adoption – Placement Within Birth Families Must Be Carefully Explored

Ordering adoption of children outside their birth families is very much a last resort and...

Family Judge Heeds Teenage Foster Child’s Wish to Change His Surname

Children do not, as a matter of law, have capacity to make important decisions for...

Family Court Monitoring Mechanism Unveiled.

The domestic abuse commissioner and victim’s commissioner have announced that the planned monitoring mechanism, which...

Family Judge Throws Lifeline to Troubled Mother of Four

Not every parent is an ideal carer but the law recognises that, wherever possible, it...

Confidentiality of the Adoption Process Prevails in Parenthood Dispute

The confidentiality of the process by which an adopted child becomes part of a new,...

Court of Appeal Blocks Separation of Vulnerable Mother from Her Baby

There are few more momentous steps a judge can take than ordering a mother’s separation...