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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
29 January 2016
Parenting after separation - when spending time with your children feels like a 'gift' rather than a 'right'
When a relationship breaks down there is often a discussion about whether the children will live with one parent or the other. While we are in an age of 'shared parenting', the reality is that this does not normally mean that children live with each parent 50% of the time. The age of the children, distance between homes or work commitments may simply make that unworkable. While it might be an outdated term, this means that one parent usually has 'primary care'.
14 January 2016
Surrogacy wars – where does the balance lie?
In the UK, surrogacy contracts, i.e. a contract providing for the surrogate mother to give the child or children she is carrying to the commissioning parents, are unenforceable. If the surrogate mother changes her mind, even if she has no biological connection with the child, she retains all the legal rights and duties in relation to them, rather than the commissioning parents.
21 December 2015
Il était une fois… Deux villes – les différences en matière de divulgation patrimoniale dans les dossiers de divorces en France et en Angleterre
Les récentes décisions prises dans les affaires de divorce « Sharland » et « Gohil » par la Cour Suprême de Londres en octobre 2015 montrent qu’il existe de larges différences de pouvoirs entre l’Angleterre et la France en matière de divulgation patrimoniale.
17 December 2015
Recent international surrogacy case addresses immigration issues and challenges in bringing children home
In this blog, family and immigration law specialists Connie Atkinson and Katie Newbury reflect on the recent judgment in a surrogacy case, Re Z (Foreign Surrogacy: Allocation of Work: Guidance on Parental Order Reports), which is likely to impact future surrogacy cases involving immigration issues and cases where children are unable to return to England immediately following their birth. The case also highlights the importance of seeking advice early in cases where parents have a child abroad following an international surrogacy arrangement.
9 December 2015
A tale of two cities – the differences in financial disclosure in divorce cases whether filing in London or Paris
The recent divorce cases of Sharland and Gohil, which were decided in the Supreme Court in London in October 2015, demonstrate the significant differences in financial disclosure powers between England and France.
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