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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
20 May 2020
Seahorse: a case about a father who gave birth and what it means to be a “mother”
Freddy McConnell, a transgender man who gave birth in 2018 following fertility treatment, has lost his appeal to be legally registered as his child’s ‘father’ or otherwise ‘parent’ or ‘gestational parent’ rather than ‘mother’.
18 May 2020
COVID-19 and the diary of a family and divorce trainee solicitor in lockdown
A peek into the lockdown diary of Lucy Bluck, family and divorce trainee solicitor at Kingsley Napley. She shares her experience of about remote hearings, the WFH adjustment and a virtual murder mystery party.
12 May 2020
The impact of the coronavirus crisis on business valuations in divorce settlements
The impact of COVID-19 is being felt in many different ways. For those going through a separation or divorce, the pandemic has added a layer of uncertainty and stress to an already difficult process. This is particularly so for those who own a business (or whose spouse does), where the value of their business may have been affected and they are concerned with the impact on a financial settlement. In this blog, we look at the complexities of valuing businesses in divorce proceedings at this unprecedented time and provide some practical considerations.
7 May 2020
The challenges for intended parents and surrogacy arrangements during the coronavirus crisis
The coronavirus crisis has caused huge disruption across the world. The distress that it is causing is compounded in circumstances where intended parents of surrogacy children are in the middle of their surrogacy journey. In this blog, we address some of the most common issues people are experiencing and provide practical tips on how to navigate the current situation. These challenges include access to fertility treatment, pregnancy and birth, international travel restrictions, immigration status, parental orders and Wills among others.
4 May 2020
Compensation claims on divorce - when the clocks can’t be turned back to recover loss of future earning potential
We recently acted for the successful wife in the case of RC v JC [2020] EWHC 466 (Fam), assisted by Alice Trotter. The case has received a broad spectrum of media attention, and unsurprisingly so. Our client was successful in her claim for “compensation” for what Mr Justice Moor described as her “relationship generated disadvantage”. The principle of compensation first appeared in the family courts in the 2006 judgment of Miller v Miller; McFarlane v McFarlane [2006] UKHL 24. Since then, there have been no reported cases where the principle has been argued successfully, until now.
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