Residence Orders: Parents and Grandparents
July 13, 2012Family and Children In the case of Re B (a child) (residence: premature order) [2012], a grandmother’s appeal against a residence order made in favour of the child’s mother was […]
Family and Children In the case of Re B (a child) (residence: premature order) [2012], a grandmother’s appeal against a residence order made in favour of the child’s mother was […]
Family and Children Recent reports have shown a 10 per cent increase in legal orders being filed to remove at risk children from their homes. The results for the last […]
Family and Children In the case of Re F (children: declaration of parentage) [2011], an appeal dealing with an order to defer a declaration of parentage was heard. The appeal […]
Divorce and Finances Reports have suggested that law firms in London have seen an increase in international divorce cases since the case of Radmacher in 2010. The ruling in the […]
Family and Children A report by The Office of the Head of International Family Justice for England and Wales and has shown that international family litigation continues to rise. The […]
Family and Children Ofsted have released a report exploring the efficiency of the child adoption process. The Right on Time report found that delays were caused by a number of […]
Family, Divorce and Finances In the case of Yates v Yates [2012], The Court of Appeal ruled that a wife was not entitled to a sum representing mortgage repayments. In […]
Property Law The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 creates a new offence of squatting in a residential building (Section 144). The Act received Royal Assent on […]
Family Law The Court of Appeal has ruled in the first substantial case concerning a financial settlement following the end of a civil partnership (Lawrence v Gallagher [2012]). The couples’ […]
Landlord and Tenant A consultation on the implementation of the Tribunal Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 closed on 14 May 2012. The Act received Royal Assent back in 2007 but […]
Family, Divorce and Finance In the case of B V S (Financial Remedy: Marital Property Regime) [2012], the Family Division ruled that no weight would be given to a default […]
Business Law In the case of Geary v Rankine [2012], The Court of Appeal upheld a decision that a business was not intended to be run as a partnership. The […]
