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The courts are entitled to draw reasonable adverse inferences against a party who fails to engage in divorce proceedings. How this is approached in practice was illustrated by a recent...
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Under Section 42(7) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, an adoption order may not be made unless the court is satisfied that sufficient opportunities to see the child with...
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The High Court recently ruled on an application by the Lord Chancellor for declarations that the marriages of 79 couples no longer subsisted on the date of their final divorce...
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The High Court has granted a man’s application for a declaration that it was lawful for him to use an embryo created using his sperm and his late wife’s eggs...
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The Family Division of the High Court recently refused an application for a 13-year-old girl’s summary return to the USA, in a decision in which the girl’s own objections to...
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When couples are divorcing, mediation is strongly recommended in order to reduce the time and expense involved in court proceedings. This was amply illustrated in a recent case in which...
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