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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
3 November 2011
Government to overhaul Adoption system
Following the publication of ‘Adoption League Tables’ ranking local authorities as to how quickly children are placed for adoption, the Government has announced a widespread review of the adoption system. The aim is to ensure that children are placed with families quicker by making the system more efficient less onerous for hopeful parents. This is backed by a campaign to encourage adopters and foster carers to volunteer. The Family Justice System (courts and Cafcass officers) will also be subject to closer scrutiny and new procedures are likely to be proposed later this week as part of the Norgrave review. All of these measures are designed to ‘speed up’ a system which, last year, resulted in only 60 of the 3600 babies (under 1 year) available for adoption being placed with families.
7 October 2011
Family Law: Autumn 2011- Family cases - who pays the piper?
Funding legal advice is a perennial difficulty, especially when one party controls the purse strings.
7 October 2011
Family Law: Autumn 2011 - How wide does English divorce law cast its net?
Generally, English law recognises at face value a marriage celebrated overseas. The same is not always true of a foreign divorce – or more accurately, the financial orders made following a foreign divorce.
6 October 2011
Family Law: Autumn 2011 - Is maintenance a meal ticket for life?
Is maintenance a meal ticket for life? Should courts actively encourage maintenance recipients to strive to become more self-sufficient?
6 October 2011
Family Law: Autumn 2011- Cohabitation the next instalment...
In our January Edition, Chris McIntosh provided an overview of property rights of unmarried couples. The case of Kernott –v- Jones [2010] EWCA Civ 578 brings the position up to date.
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- Civil Partnerships & Co-habitation
- Divorce & Separation
- Financial Settlements
- International Adoption & Surrogacy
- International Family Law
- Mediation & Alternatives to Litigation
- Pre-nuptial & Post-nuptial Agreements
- Anglo French Family Law
- Legal Updates
- Reflections on The Split
- Child Relocation after Divorce or Separation