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Enhancing Public Accountability: Key Elements of the Public Office (Accountability) Bill 2025
Kirsty Cook
21 May 2025
Further High Court guidance for intended parents embarking on surrogacy arrangements
Kingsley Napley represented the applicant parents in the case of Mr and Mrs K v Mr and Mrs Z [2025] EWHC 927 (Fam). The High Court judgment offers importance guidance for those who are intending on entering into a surrogacy arrangement in the future.
10 October 2024
Navigating grandparents’ rights on divorce or following the death of a parent
Grandparents have become increasingly involved in their grandchildren’s day to day lives over the last few decades, providing love, support, child care and a sounding board for frazzled parents. A number of studies have highlighted the benefit to children of having positive relationships with their grandparents and the importance of these connections is celebrated each year on Grandparents’ Day. However, as family dynamics shift over time, particularly following a divorce or bereavement, grandparent/grandchild relationships are often impacted.
2 October 2024
The fertility gap – Considerations and challenges for LGBTQ+ couples or individuals when having children
For couples or individuals in the LGBTQ+ community, there are a number of options for starting a family including: donor conception; co-parenting arrangements; solo parenting; surrogacy and adoption. The laws governing the various routes can be complex and knowing where to start can often be the first big challenge.
4 January 2024
Addiction and coparenting – how to arrange drug and alcohol testing in the context of childcare disputes and other legal proceedings involving children
Concerns surrounding a parent's substance abuse are a common safeguarding issue raised in children proceedings before the family court. Understandably, all involved in decisions as to the arrangements for a child's care need to be reassured that the child will not encounter or be impacted, whether directly or indirectly, by an alcoholic or drug-addicted parent abusing those substances.
30 October 2023
National Fertility Awareness Week | In the Club?
In this National Fertility Awareness Week (30 Oct – 5 Nov 2023) Connie Atkinson, partner in the Family & Divorce team at law firm Kingsley Napley LLP, discusses the challenges of ‘trying to conceive’ that she has experienced first hand and from supporting her clients.