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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
14 November 2013
International surrogacy laws are not keeping up with changing social patterns
In the absence of harmonised rules, the difference in worldwide approach will continue to cause legal confusion and complication as surrogacy becomes commonplace, say Claire Wood and Katie Newbury.
23 October 2013
Call for changes to family law - “the dinosaurs have had their day”
These were the words of The Honourable Mr Justice Coleridge in his call for a “root and branch overhaul” of family law legislation and procedure in England and Wales to ensure that “even the more difficult cases can be solved in a much more sophisticated and modern way”.
23 October 2013
Recognising the wishes and feelings of children - how old is old enough?
Children grow up so quickly. They have opinions from a young age and our society encourages children to be confident and to speak out. From age 14, they make decisions about which GCSE and A Level subjects they want to study, which will impact their careers and the rest of their lives. But, at what point does the law recognise their opinions?
11 October 2013
The rise and pitfalls of cohabitation
Marriage (tick), house (tick), baby (tick)…. Or maybe not…
As we plough forward into the 21st century, the classic life plan of finding someone to marry, setting up home and starting a family (in that order) has become old-fashioned, impracticable and, to many people, undesirable. These days, the focus for many 20 and 30-somethings is on recession-proof careers and getting on the property ladder. Marriage and children often come later, if at all.
9 September 2013
Protecting yourself against future financial claims decades after marriage breakdown
The recent case of Vince v Wyatt [2013] EWCA Civ 495 is a stark example (and warning) of why it is becoming increasingly important to obtain a final financial order if you have taken the decision to get divorced, and why you should always retain any documentation relating to your divorce and financial matters.
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