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High Court Backs Arbitrator’s Decision in £17 Million Divorce Case
When it comes to sorting out the financial aspects of divorce, arbitration has become increasingly popular as a…
Divorcee Suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease Receives £950,000 Award
If dealing with the financial consequences of divorce was just a matter of dividing up assets equally, there…
Habitual Residence Test Decisive in International Child Abduction Case
It is not surprising that cases involving allegations of international child abduction can be highly emotionally charged but,…
High Court Authorises Mentally Ill Mother’s Caesarean Delivery
If a patient lacks the mental capacity needed to give informed consent to a medical procedure, only a…
What Is a ‘Couple’? Landmark Adoption Ruling Answers the Question
A ‘couple’ is defined in law as two people living as partners in an enduring family relationship –…
High Court Declines to Recognise Validity of Deathbed ‘Marriage’ Ceremony
An exchange of vows, even in a religious context, is not generally enough by itself to constitute a…
Court of Appeal Blocks Separation of Vulnerable Mother from Her Baby
There are few more momentous steps a judge can take than ordering a mother’s separation from her baby.…
Exonerated Parents of Bruised Baby Boy Receive Judicial Apology
When children suffer unexplained injuries, few would quarrel with social workers and medical professionals taking a precautionary approach.…
Family Judges Won’t Let Children Be Used as Pawns in Divorce Proceedings
Concerns that children may be used as pawns amidst the cut and thrust of divorce proceedings are often…
Sexual Relations and Mental Capacity – Family Judge Grasps the Nettle
Adults of sound mind enjoy a fundamental freedom to have sexual relations with one another – but that…
Adoption Ruling – Some Lifestyles Simply Don’t Fit with Parental Duties
Perhaps the most momentous decision that a judge ever has to make is to separate a child from…
COVID-19 – Do Diving Asset Values Justify Unwinding Divorce Settlements?
The value of many assets has been devastated by COVID-19 – but is that a good enough reason…
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