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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
19 April 2016
IVF clinic mistakes create legal lacuna for children - beware the traps of the UK’s complex legal parenthood rules
We have recently seen several reported cases dealing with the legal fall out when mistakes are made by some IVF clinics in relation to consent forms, leaving a number of parents in the unhappy position where they are not the legal parents of their children. The Judge in the case of The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (A & Ors) [2015] EWHC 2602 (“Re A”) described the situation as “alarming and shocking”, making clear that legal parentage is “a question of the most fundamental gravity and importance”. We see similar consequences for parents in surrogacy cases where the commissioning parents are not the legal parents of a child born as a result of a surrogacy arrangement, despite genetic connections.
23 March 2016
Les nouveaux défis en matière de contrats en Droit de la famille pour les couples internationaux
De manière croissante, des couples de nationalités différentes me consultent et me demandent d’établir pour eux des contrats maritaux. Mon devoir de conseil m’oblige cependant à les avertir qu’il se peut qu’ils rencontrent des difficultés quant à l’application de ce contrat, particulièrement à l’étranger.
23 March 2016
The challenges with family law agreements for international couples
Increasingly, I find myself asked by one member of an international couple to draft an agreement which I have to advise them will be difficult to uphold, especially across international borders.
The vast majority of my clients have international connections, whether by nationality, residence, or substantial assets outside England. While there is a substantial amount of international family law to help such couples, there are huge gaps. Many of the gaps involve significant issues which clients want advice on every day.
This article was first published in WealthBriefing in March 2016.
15 March 2016
Alors que l’institution du mariage est désormais accessible à tous, d’autres statuts juridiques demeurent réservés à certains types de relations seulement – une étude comparative entre l’Angleterre et la France
Alors que le mariage et les droits qui y sont attachés sont maintenant identiques en Angleterre et en France – et s’adressent aux couples hétérosexuels comme homosexuels – il existe encore des différences concernant les droits en matière de partenariat civil (PACS en France) et de concubinage. Une réforme de la loi en Angleterre est tout à fait possible, mais quoique soit le résultat de referendum sur l’Union Européenne dans 100 jours, il est plus probable que toute réforme suit le model Ecossais que le model adopté à travers la Manche. Cet article a pour objet d’explorer les différences majeures sur ce sujet entre l’Angleterre et la France.
4 March 2016
Getting divorced - what the non-dom changes mean for you
In the 2015 Budget, George Osborne announced that, from 6 April 2017, certain new categories of non-UK-domiciled individuals will be deemed to be UK-domiciled for tax purposes. This will result in the loss of a significant tax planning opportunity for some couples who have non UK assets; are separating or contemplating divorce; and wish to make an offshore transfer between each other in a tax efficient fashion after the new rules take effect.
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