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Share plans and proprietary estoppel: be careful what you promise
Samuel Sherr
4 August 2023
National Surrogacy Week - the pathway ahead
On 29 March 2023, following a long consultation period, the Law Commission’s report detailing their proposed changes to our surrogacy legislation was released. While it may be some time before any recommendations come into effect, those considering surrogacy as a pathway to parenthood need to be aware of the likely changes on the horizon.
2 August 2023
Exploring surrogacy through children's literature: Highlighting resources during National Surrogacy Week
As a surrogacy specialist, I am often asked for tips on how to talk to children about the surrogacy journey their parent or parents embarked on to have them. It is generally accepted that it is important to make sure that children are given information early on, in an age appropriate way, about the amazing way in which they were born. I regularly point my clients in the direction of some of the most recommended children’s books on the topic. I am however ashamed to say that I hadn’t read them myself and they had been gathering dust on the shelf. With National Surrogacy Week fast approaching I set about reading these wonderful books to my daughter and recruited my colleague, Hannah Muress, to read them with her children too, to get some honest feedback from their intended audience!
31 July 2023
I’m a divorce mediator – this is what it’s really like to work with separating couples
As the government plans to make mediation mandatory for separating couples, Stacey Nevin tells The Stylist what the process is really like.
28 July 2023
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Re S (Children: Parentage and Jurisdiction) [2023] EWCA Civ 897
The Court of Appeal has today released its judgment in the case of Re S (Children: Parentage and Jurisdiction) [2023] EWCA Civ 897, which was heard earlier this year.
29 June 2023
Mon contrat de mariage français sera-t-il toujours applicable si je divorce en Angleterre ?
Les couples français vivant en Angleterre sont souvent surpris d'apprendre que le régime matrimonial français qu'ils ont choisi lors de la signature de leur contrat de mariage français pourrait ne pas être appliqué par les juges anglais s'ils divorcent en Angleterre.
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