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Rebuilding lives after brain injury: the role of the Court of Protection
Jemma Garside
17 April 2015
The Wright divorce - joint lives maintenance and the bikini test
The last 30 years has been marked by an extraordinary growth in awards made to wives on divorce. Retirement, as the recent case of Wright shows, is a time for change and review.
9 April 2015
Surrogacy – a welcome change as intended parents become entitled to adoption leave and pay
Parents using surrogates to help them have children have cause for celebration, as the law in relation to adoption leave and pay is updated to include some intended parents of surrogate children. The changes, which came into force on 5 April 2015, apply to children due on or after that date.
8 April 2015
Reflections on the Families Through Surrogacy conference in London 2015
I attended the Families Through Surrogacy conference in March and heard from a number of fantastic speakers about issues ranging from infertility to being a surrogate mother, having children through surrogacy, advising on surrogacy in England and abroad and obtaining a passport for your child.
19 March 2015
The further use of discretion in considering time limits for parental orders
The judgment in AB and CD and CT [2015] EWFC 12 (“AB and CD”) was given in February and provides a further of example of the court’s willingness to use its discretion to provide security for children born out of surrogacy arrangements.
19 March 2015
Divorce in Dubai or England - what are your options?
It is well known that London is regarded as ‘divorce capital of the world’ largely for its generous treatment of wives in the event of marriage breakdown. Dubai, on the other hand, has developed a reputation as ‘divorce capital of the world’ for a different reason - the high number of marriages that end there with a high rate of fallouts amongst the expat community.
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