International Law

New Zealand MP, Jan Logie, initially proposed a new bill that introduced paid employment leave for victims of domestic violence in December 2016...

On 27th June 2018 the Supreme Court unanimously decided that the UK’s law on civil partnerships was incompatible with Article 14...

Since the Government triggered Article 50 in March of this year there has been much speculation about what the UK's future relationship with the EU will...

It has now been more than 6 months since the UK voted to leave the EU and, despite the ceaseless speculation...

As of 1st July 2015, there is a duty on local authorities and schools to have “due regard to the need to...

The result of the recent EU referendum has caused a great deal of uncertainty and confusion as to how the UK will cope with its decision to leave the EU. As noted in an earlier post the implications of the UK’s vote for Brexit will have a significant effect on...

Mrs Justice Pauffley handed down her judgment in the case of RJ & BK v RT [2016] EWHC 760 (Fam) on 22 June 2016. This is an important judgment on inter-country surrogacy, from both a family law and an immigration law perspective. The case concerned an application for a Parental...

Peggy Ray and Janet Broadley represented Rocco Ritchie in the recent proceedings involving him being heard at the High Court. Two judgments were handed down in this case; the first being Madonna’s application under the 1980 Hague Convention for the summary return of Rocco, now 15 years old, to the...

Jemma Dally represented the respondent birth mother In the matter of B (A child) [2016] UKSC 4. This was a complex case dealing with issues of same-sex parenting, Habitual Residence and a child’s nationality. Click on the following to read more: http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed158713