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- Owens v Owens (0)
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- Re B [2015] EWCA Civ 886: Court of Appeal decision on habitual residence and inherent jurisdiction (0)
- Re B; Same-sex parenting and Habitual Residence (0)
- Re G; Fertility, declaration of parentage (0)
- Re H (S Surrogacy Breakdown) [2017] EWCA 1798 (Civ) (0)
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- Reforming Financial Provision on Divorce (0)
- Religious Observance in the Court of Protection (0)
- Revised protocol for referrals of families by the court to child contact centres (0)
- Secure Accommodation orders and an appeal against the deprivation of a child’s liberty (0)
- Separating from the Guardian: Welfare vs. Understanding (0)
- Shared care of children on separation (0)
- Sharland and Gohil – Trudi Featherstone comments (0)
- Shortlisted for Family Team of the Year (0)
- Should victims be cross examined by domestic abusers in the family courts? (0)
- Singing the virtues of mediation in Family Mediation Week (0)
- So what’s next for Helen Titchener? (0)
- So what’s next for Henry…? The Archers BBC Radio 4: Thursday and Friday 3 and 4 February (0)
- Social services and children: the different stages the child protection process (0)
- Solicitors appointed to Resolution Committee (0)
- Special Guardianship and Adoption: The Changing Landscape (0)
- Successful appeal helps clarify what amounts to notice to end an adoption placement (0)
- Successful appeal helps clarify what amounts to notice to end an adoption placement (0)
- Support and Guidance for Special Guardians (0)
- Supreme Court Allows Wife’s Financial Application to be Heard 22 Years After Divorce (0)
- Supreme Court clarifies ‘best interests’ test in Article 15 of Brussels IIa (0)
- Supreme Court decides law on civil partnerships is incompatible with European Convention on Human Rights (0)
- Supreme Court ruling on Habitual Residence (0)
- The catalyst for no-fault divorce? (0)
- The dangers in cutting government funding for domestic violence support services. (0)
- The de-linking of divorce and money claims (0)
- The development of the law in relation to forced marriage in the United Kingdom (0)
- The implications to Family Law of the UK leaving the EU (0)
- The importance of religious divorce (0)
- The Mediation information assessment meeting (MIAM) (0)
- The protection of children and their rights in relation to the use of Secure Accommodation Orders, Deprivation of Liberty Orders made under the Inherent Jurisdiction and the Court of Protection (0)
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- The Views of Children in Private Law Proceedings (0)
- Thomas Brownrigg shortlisted for Citywealth Future Leaders Awards 2017 (0)
- Thompson v Ragget and others [2018] EWHC 688 (0)
- Thum v Thum [2018] EWCA Civ 624 (0)
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- What constitutes coercive behavior in an intimate relationship? (0)
- What is a child arrangements order? (0)
- What is parental responsibility, who has it and how can it be obtained? (0)
- What is the best way to approach a divorce? (0)
- What is the current position in respect of public funding for women’s refuges? (0)
- What is the difference between a lawyer, solicitor and barrister? (0)
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- When can a marriage be annulled? (0)
- Will the review of child protection in family courts be effective? (0)
- ‘Speedier family court proceedings improve outcomes for children’, according to report (0)