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Key takeaways from the Home Secretary’s Statement on Asylum Reforms: 30-months permission to stay for new claims and transitional arrangements for pending cases
Oliver Oldman
19 October 2023
“Either board the AI train now, or alight and be left behind” – The Kingsley Napley Family Junior Debate 2023
When ChatGPT is asked “Does the future of a fair financial remedies system lie in AI?”, the response is: “the future of a fair financial remedies system may involve the integration of AI technologies, but it's important to recognise both the potential benefits and challenges associated with this approach.” A strikingly typical lawyer’s answer, for a machine. Will AI revolutionise and provide certainty and cost-efficiency for the family legal system, or is it a treacherous commodity here to replace jobs and create unfairness?
3 October 2023
Rise of the machines? The role of AI on divorce
The Kingsley Napley Junior Debate is taking place this week and we’re going to be discussing the impact of artificial intelligence on the way in which we help clients reach financial settlements. As someone who doesn’t know much at all about how AI works and the extent of its potential, I have spent some time trying to familiarise myself with what it can offer and the potential pitfalls.
31 August 2023
How to enforce a court order made in financial proceedings
When a court order is made in financial proceedings following a divorce (either by a court or through agreement), the Order will set out each parties’ obligations, for example the Order may provide for maintenance, lump sum payment, sale of a property or pension sharing order. The Order provides both parties with protection in case the other party defaults on the Order.
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!
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