Articles
A selection of articles created by our Barristers
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Nuptial Agreements: Case Law Update since Cummings v Fawn [2023] EWHC 830 (Fam) – will the Court impose a ‘spartan lifestyle’?
Nuptial Agreements: Case Law Update since Cummings v Fawn [2023] EWHC 830 (Fam) – will the Court impose a ‘spartan lifestyle’?“spartan: adjective meaning: showing or characterised by austerity or a…
Added in: Financial Remedies and Family Property
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Conduct Allegations and Domestic Abuse in Financial Remedy Proceedings: A Vanishing Act?
N v J [2024] EWFC 184 IntroductionThose practicing in Financial Remedy proceedings will be all too familiar with explaining to their clients the exceptionally high threshold required to mount a…
Added in: Financial Remedies and Family Property
By: Liam Kelly
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Financial Remedies Update: Non-Court Dispute Resolution
In our last Newsletter we highlighted the forthcoming changes to FPR 2010 Part 3 and we are now able to report on a recent case [NA v LA [2024] EWFC…
Added in: Financial Remedies and Family Property
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Post-Adoption Contact: Time for Change
The law is still the same but the mood music is very different. An open invitation has been issued to lawyers to utilise the present legal framework to make changes…
Added in: Family
By: Molly Giles
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Court of Protection Case Law Update - July 2024
As we head into the summer, it is good to take a look back over the last few months and a couple of cases from the Court of Protection and…
Added in: Court of Protection
By: Jack Barber
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Recent Gender Dysphoria Cases
Applications concerning medical intervention/treatment for children experiencing gender dysphoria remains controversial. It is a topic increasingly the subject of private law applications, typically where the child’s parents are not in…
Added in: Family
By: Rebecca Gregg
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Children law update - July 2024
This summer’s now standard children law update is going to attempt to give you a reasonably thorough summary of all the key stuff you need to know from the ever-expanding…
Added in: Family
By: Michael Jones
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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: Deprivation of Liberty Orders under the Spotlight
On Tuesday 28 May 2024, BBC Radio 4 aired a File on 4 programme Detained and Restrained: Britain’s Vulnerable Kids, a commentary on the use of Deprivation of Liberty Orders…
Added in: Family
By: Hannah Whelan
