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Press Round-Up: Regulatory and Professional Discipline – May 2026
Jack Garden
14 August 2013
Preparing for the best outcome in child relocation cases
Dealing with the relocation of children to another country in situations of family breakdown can be highly complex and challenging – and in most cases, there is no win-win situation for any party involved. The very recent High Court decision in the case of CB v CB [2013] EWHC 2092 shows this. This involved a dispute between an Australian-British dual citizen mother and a British father. Their son, aged 14, had stayed with his father in England after a Christmas visit. This followed a two year period where the mother had relocated to Australia with the child to live on a short-term basis, with the father's permission.
9 July 2013
EU harmonisation of surrogacy law: a pipe dream?
Surrogacy hits the headlines again this week, not because of the Coronation Street story line, but following the report (commissioned by the European Parliament) on surrogacy across the EU Member States. My initial hope was that this comparative report would be the precursor to some form of harmonisation across Europe, but sadly, it seems that the lack of consensus between EU countries on the legality of surrogacy means we are a long way off a harmonisation of approach.
8 July 2013
Summer surge in children applications - dealing with the queues in Court
Today, CAFCASS (The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service) confirmed receipt of 4,267 new private law referrals for the month of June, representing a 29% increase on the figures for the same month last year. Last month’s report confirmed that 5,038 cases were referred in May 2013, which was the highest amount on record. These figures show that, after a slight lull in 2011 (after the introduction of compulsory Mediation Information and Assessment Meetings (MIAMs) in 2010), private law children applications are on the increase.
10 September 2012
Record number of babies born to foreign-born mothers
The Government has just published updated figures showing that over ¼ (25.5%) of children born in the UK have a foreign-born mother. This is the highest proportion since records began in 1969. In London the figure is a staggering 56.7%.
27 July 2012
International child relocation: a new approach
Last summer, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, in MK v CK, signalled a dramatic shift in the approach to international child relocation cases. In cases with care significantly shared between two parents, the courts will now often refuse permission to relocate a child abroad.