by Robin Charrot | Apr 26, 2019 | Family Law, International Family Law
When it comes to choosing a family solicitor where do you start? Well there are many ways, from phoning friends and family, to scouring the internet or even picking up the phone and speaking to one of the family law firms that advertise on the back of buses or at...
by Louise Halford | May 8, 2018 | Children, Family Law, International Family Law
Surrogacy reform is on the cards with Law Commission review on surrogacy There is nothing quite like welcoming a new baby into the world. As a children lawyer I have been privileged to help parents secure Parental Orders after they have had a child through a surrogacy...
by Louise Halford | Apr 5, 2018 | Child Abduction, Children, Divorce, Family Law, International Family Law
Child abduction: why it pays to get legal advice before you take children to or out of the UK For one mother there was a happy ending, all thanks to the Court of Appeal. The appeal judges decided to reverse an earlier Court’s decision that said two children should be...
by Louise Halford | Mar 26, 2018 | Child Abduction, Children, Divorce, Family Law, International Family Law
Child relocation: the effect on the family In the immediate aftermath of a parental separation it can feel devastating to not be there every night to read a bedtime story to your child or, if they are older, to help them with their homework. Imagine how much more...
by Louise Halford | Feb 16, 2018 | Child Abduction, Children, Divorce, Family Law, International Family Law
The question of whether a mother’s decision to relocate from Australia to England with her two young children amounted to child abduction has been the subject of a Supreme Court ruling called Re C. The Court decision is of interest as it highlights the fact that often...
by Louise Halford | Feb 9, 2018 | Child Abduction, Children, Divorce, Family Law, International Family Law
When most of us exercised our right to vote on Brexit we thought long and hard about the financial pros and cons of exiting the European Union and made a considered vote on what we thought was best for our families and the country. At least that is what my friends and...
