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President of the Family Division defines ‘mother’ in court

The President of the Family Division has legally defined the role of mother for the first time, in a case concerning a transgender man. Guardian…

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Family court judges must explain delays

Family court judges must justify delays in reaching a final decision when the cases involve children, the Court of Appeal has ruled. In S-L (Children:…

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Permission granted to conduct caesarean without consent

Doctors treating a heavily pregnant women in her 30s have been given permission to conduct a caesarean section without her consent. Her obstetric team made…

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New law creates guardians for missing people

A new law concerning the affairs of people who go missing will allow the appointment of a legal guardian 90 days after their disappearance. The…

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No fault divorce proposed 29 years ago

Proposals for the introduction of ‘no fault’ divorce in England and Wales date as far back as 1990, Supreme Court President Lady Hale noted in…

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Retired senior family court judge considers austerity

The former President of the Family Division lamented the current state of the family courts in a recent speech. The Family Division is one of…

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Financial divorce courts extended to eight new areas

Experimental courts specialising in financial settlements following divorce have been opened in eight new areas. Following the success of a single pilot court which has…

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Surrogacy law is outdated, claims Law Commission

Current laws on surrogate motherhood are out of date and should be changed, the head of the Law Commission has claimed. In a newly published…

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Government has ‘no plans to take family and civil cases entirely online’

The Government has no plans to force litigants in family and other civil cases to exclusively use online courts, a spokesman for the Ministry of…

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How to Get a Divorce

Are You Eligible for Divorce? If you have been married for one year and your marriage is legally recognised in the UK (including same-sex marriage),…

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Parlour Games and Cash-Machines: Men in divorce

At the weekend, I read a thought-provoking article in the Sunday Times written by Martin Daubney entitled “Divorced men doomed to life as a cash…

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Considering divorce: are you tangled up in thoughts or thinking clearly?

Read what Graeme Armstrong, Family Consultant, with Major Family Law, the leading divorce and children law specialist in the North East, says: In nearly 20…

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