In this article Shiva Ancliffe KC and Caroline Croft set out the law in relation to the designation of care and supervision orders, highlighting the relevant statutory provisions and extracting the ...

Once viewed as an exception, shared care arrangements are now fast becoming the go-to solution for many courts in private child arrangements disputes. However, is this shift happening too rapidly?

Most will agree that the relationship between the 1996 and 1980 Hague Conventions is a match made in heaven. However, the intersection of the 1970 Hague Evidence Convention and the 1980 Hague Child ...

Leading drug, alcohol and DNA testing laboratory, AlphaBiolabs, has made a £500 donation to Beatson Cancer Charity in Glasgow ...

This article explores the principles of care for children deprived of their liberty including the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory’s recent recommendations on the care provision for children who ...

In the case of PMC (a child by his mother and litigation friend FLR) v A Local Health Board [2024] EWHC 2969 (KB) Nicklin J handed down a significant judgment on applications for anonymity and ...

The Budget of 30 October 2024 (‘the Budget’) was one of the most hotly anticipated budgets in almost two decades. Not only was it the first Budget from a new government, there had also been ...

As is well known, the fact of joint beneficial ownership can be recorded in a deced of trust and where such is absent, the courts can declare the existence of a common intention constructive trust ...

The child had been created by a traditional surrogacy arrangement; the surrogate was thus the child’s biological mother. She did not wish to care for her son but wanted contact with him in order that ...

The article is not a comprehensive overview of enforcement but after a brief consideration of the approach to take when considering enforcement proceedings goes on to take a detailed look at two ...

In this article the author considers the law and practice surrounding modern cremation and the cremation aspects of the Law Commission’s recent consultation paper on Burial and Cremation.