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It is a fundamental principle of family law that the courts will always put the welfare of a child first in making any decision about where the child should live....
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When the ex-wives of two very wealthy men found that their divorce settlements had been concluded on the basis of information supplied by their husbands which was clearly wrong, a...
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One of the less well-known ways to deal with areas of dispute in a divorce is to arrange for them to be arbitrated. Arbitration involves the appointment of an arbitrator...
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A simple technical error in a form may mean that thousands of divorce settlements have been incorrectly calculated. It recently came to light that Form E, which is available...
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The welfare of children is always of paramount importance in family cases and the Court of Appeal has emphasised the point in a case in which a mother sought to...
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Anyone thinking of starting a family by entering into a foreign surrogacy arrangement should take careful note of a High Court case in which a well-meaning couple ended up in...
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