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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
13 July 2012
Superstars' super quick divorce
At the end of June, Katie Holmes filed for a divorce from her husband of 5 years, Tom Cruise. Now, less than two weeks later, a settlement has been reached and a joint statement released confirming the pairs’ commitment to working together for the sake of their daughter, Suri.
19 June 2012
Mind the Gap. Why gay marriage changes may be about to take the wrong step
The recent fuss about Coalition plans to bring in gay marriage hasn’t centred on legal aspects so much as political and cultural ones. Is David Cameron pushing for a free vote, or will MPs be whipped into following the government line? If the law is changed, is the Church of England going to refuse to conduct gay marriages, because the Church says a man and woman, only, can marry? Will the Church be permitted to do this?
11 June 2012
To annul or not to annul...?
The newspapers reported last week that MPs are considering whether to remove the requirement for a marriage to be consummated.
28 March 2012
Time for no fault divorce?
In a speech to family lawyers at the Resolution conference in Leeds last weekend, the President of the Family Division, Sir Nicholas Wall, has again called for the introduction of a new no fault based divorce which will allow parties to divorce quickly.
26 March 2012
Fathers' rights in groundbreaking '3 parent family' case
The decision of A against B & C was delivered by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales on Wednesday 14 March.
The court unanimously found in favour of Kingsley Napley’s client (A), the biological father in a situation where a lesbian couple (B & C) bringing up the child sought to restrict his contact.
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