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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
9 February 2018
Dubai divorce settlements - how to spend it
In what has recently been described as a landmark decision in Dubai, a financial advisor, Neil Grant, was reportedly convicted by the Dubai Criminal Courts of operating a company without being registered by the authorities. According to newspaper reports investors are now looking to recover losses “potentially running into millions of pounds”.
2 February 2018
First cases of mitochondrial donation therapy in the UK and why the “three-parent baby” headlines are misleading
In February 2015 the UK became the first country to approve laws allowing for the creation of so called “three-parent babies”. Despite the UK being first in line to approve the legislation, there has been a three year delay before doctors have now been granted permission by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to use the procedure on two women in the UK.
22 January 2018
Parental alienation and intractable contact disputes – when all seems lost
Occasionally, as a family solicitor, I come across a case that makes me despair. Thankfully, it’s rare but that feeling overwhelmed me when I read the child contact case of Q and R (Intractable contact). Before I explain why, I must be clear that this piece does not intend to direct any criticism at the learned judge or the majority of the professionals who ably assisted her. Reading through the judgment it is clear that the judge was faced with an impossible dilemma:
11 January 2018
Controlling and Coercive Behaviour: Family and Criminal Proceedings update
A Family and Criminal proceedings update
21 December 2017
Surrogacy and Parental Orders - welcome news for single applicants
At the beginning of December, we received the welcome news that a remedial order, amending the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (HFEA), is being laid before Parliament. The impact of the order, when it comes into effect next year, will be to allow single parents in the UK to apply for a Parental Order for their child born through surrogacy.
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