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Key takeaways from the Home Secretary’s Statement on Asylum Reforms: 30-months permission to stay for new claims and transitional arrangements for pending cases
Oliver Oldman
23 June 2014
Taking children abroad - for holiday and forever
As the number of children born in the UK to foreign parents is soaring, with 1 in 3 nationally and 7 in 10 in London being born to at least one foreign parent, it is no surprise that difficulties increasingly arise when family relationships break down.
Divorcing couples involving foreign nationals are frequently faced with making important decisions about which country to divorce in, the financial support being sought and arrangements for the care of the children. In some cases, the UK immigration status of one party and the child(ren) may also be affected by the separation.
20 June 2014
Preventing parental child abduction - International Travel Child Consent Agreement
The US and Canadian chapter of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (IAML) recently held a meeting at the New York State Bar, at which they looked at recent developments in the law pursuant to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. I
3 June 2014
Mediation - the ‘new’ requirements before issuing court proceedings
As reported widely in the media recently, important changes to the family justice system came in to force on 22 April 2014. One of the key changes was the amendment to many of the court application forms (in particular those for commencing children and financial proceedings), which now require confirmation that mediation has been considered as a method for resolving financial or children issues on separation.
10 April 2014
Surrogacy for gay couples - 10 things you should know
Same-sex marriage may now be legal, but surrogacy remains a legal minefield in the UK. Surrogacy is an increasingly popular route to parenthood for gay couples, enabling them to have a child genetically connected to one of them. UK based couples should, however, be fully aware of the legal implications (at home and abroad) before embarking on the surrogacy journey.
19 March 2014
Surrogacy case update - Judge warns of the legal pitfalls of surrogacy arrangements
A recent High Court surrogacy case is a cautionary tale for couples entering into informal surrogacy arrangements. Mrs Justice King in the reported case of JP v LP, SP and CP [2014] EWHC 595 warns of the serious legal and practical difficulties of surrogacy in the UK.
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