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RY & Southend Borough Council

Hayden J gave general guidance to adoption agencies about the management of parental responsibility between the agency and adopters. The case involved the placement of a disabled child…

London Borough of Tower Hamlets and B

Chris Barnes represented the Local Authority, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in an application concerning the interim placement of a girl arising from a risk of flight…

M (A Child)

The President was asked to consider the funding position of a vulnerable mother who had successfully applied to re-open a finding of fact that she was in the…

Children: Private Law Update (July 2015)

The latest Children: Private Law Update by Alex Verdan QC is available to read on the Family Law Week Website

Jordan’s Family Law Award Nominations

The 5th annual Jordans Family Law awards will take place on Thursday 8th October at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London. Of the sixteen awards, the shortlist and…

Jacqueline Renton

The mother secured an order for the summary return of her children to Australia, in circumstances where the mother had always been the children’s primary carer and they…

Re K (1980 Hague Convention) (Lithuania) (2015)

David Williams QC, Christopher Hames QC and Hassan Khan all appeared in the recently reported case Re K (1980 Hague Convention) (Lithuania) (2015)

International Law Group Newsletter

The latest International law newsletter is now available to download.

Derby City Council v SK & Ors

Care proceedings concerning three children of Polish nationality. Judgment concerning jurisdictional issues.

Jane Rayson

Jane Rayson successfully defends Council in the Administrative Court. A Judical review regarding support for a looked after child. The judgement can be read here

Re S & T (Children) (2015)

Robin Barda and Mark Jarman appeared in the recently reported case Re S & T (Children) [2015] EWHC 1753 (Fam)

Surrogacy Article

Andrew Powell‘s latest Surrogacy update is now available to read on the Family Law Week website