<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Family Law Week</title><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/</link><item><title>VC v GC [2012] EWHC 1246 (Fam)</title><pubDate>16 May 2012 19:14:56 GMT</pubDate><category>judgments</category><description>Case summary coming soon</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97873</link></item><item><title>B (A Child) [2012] EWCA Civ 632</title><pubDate>16 May 2012 16:45:16 GMT</pubDate><category>judgments</category><description>Case summary coming soon.</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97871</link></item><item><title>S (A Child) [2012] EWCA Civ 617</title><pubDate>16 May 2012 16:43:28 GMT</pubDate><category>judgments</category><description>Case summary coming soon.</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97870</link></item><item><title>Parental Orders in Cases of International Surrogacy: Practical Considerations</title><pubDate>16 May 2012 14:46:07 GMT</pubDate><category>articles</category><description>Gwynneth Knowles QC of Atlantic Chambers, Liverpool, provides a guide through the legal difficulties often created by international surrogacy arrangements.</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97868</link></item><item><title>D (A Child) [2012] EWCA Civ 627</title><pubDate>14 May 2012 15:56:59 GMT</pubDate><category>judgments</category><description>Case summary coming soon</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97808</link></item><item><title>Urgent need for foster carers of teenagers, says new survey by Fostering Network</title><pubDate>14 May 2012 10:43:31 GMT</pubDate><category>news</category><description>Foster Care Fortnight begins Monday, 14 May </description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97782</link></item><item><title>Cafcass records highest ever care demand statistics for April </title><pubDate>14 May 2012 10:34:19 GMT</pubDate><category>news</category><description>748 applications in April 2012 </description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97780</link></item><item><title>Law Society refuses to host marriage conference because of its content</title><pubDate>13 May 2012 18:44:35 GMT</pubDate><category>news</category><description>Programme is said to ‘espouse an ethos opposed to same-sex marriage’</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97773</link></item><item><title>Court of Protection Update (May 2012)</title><pubDate>11 May 2012 15:11:46 GMT</pubDate><category>articles</category><description>Sally Bradley, Barrister, of 4 Paper Buildings analyses recent decisions in the Court of Protection relating to capacity to consent to sexual relations, DNA testing and statutory wills.

</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97769</link></item><item><title>Law Society seeks new members of Family Law Committee and Children Sub-Committee</title><pubDate>11 May 2012 13:23:06 GMT</pubDate><category>news</category><description>Applications sought from practitioners (and an independent social worker) by 21st May 2012</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97767</link></item><item><title>Local authority bodies condemn adoption scorecards</title><pubDate>11 May 2012 12:23:45 GMT</pubDate><category>news</category><description>Scorecards give a misleading picture of authorities' performance, it is claimed</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97765</link></item><item><title>Adoption scorecards show the extent of delays across England, says DfE</title><pubDate>11 May 2012 12:01:29 GMT</pubDate><category>news</category><description>72 local authorities fail to meet one or other of the current thresholds</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97764</link></item><item><title>Government legislates to end Ofsted’s annual assessment of Children’s Services </title><pubDate>10 May 2012 17:22:15 GMT</pubDate><category>news</category><description>Draft order laid before Parliament</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97756</link></item><item><title>Ministers to give evidence to Parliamentary inquiry into children missing from care </title><pubDate>10 May 2012 14:34:39 GMT</pubDate><category>news</category><description>Final session of inquiry will also hear from Children’s Services representatives</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97752</link></item><item><title>Lilleyman v Lilleyman [2012] EWHC 1056 (Ch)</title><pubDate>10 May 2012 12:53:23 GMT</pubDate><category>judgments</category><description>Judgment on the issue of costs following the substantive decision in Inheritance Act claim in Lilleyman v Lilleyman.</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97747</link></item><item><title>Lilleyman v Lilleyman [2012] EWHC 821 (Ch)</title><pubDate>10 May 2012 12:16:29 GMT</pubDate><category>judgments</category><description>Judgment in Inheritance Act proceedings brought by a wife against the estate of her late husband. The defendants were the husband’s two sons from an earlier marriage, who were both executors and principal beneficiaries under the husband’s will. </description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97735</link></item><item><title>W-B (A Child) [2012] EWCA Civ 592</title><pubDate>10 May 2012 11:46:46 GMT</pubDate><category>judgments</category><description>Appeal as to whether proceedings, concerning the residence of the parties’ child, should take place  in Scotland, where she now lived with the mother, or England. Appeal allowed.</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97734</link></item><item><title>I-A (Children) [2012] EWCA Civ 582</title><pubDate>10 May 2012 11:13:47 GMT</pubDate><category>judgments</category><description>Appeal of order in a fact-finding hearing over allegations of sexual abuse. Appeal successful.</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97732</link></item><item><title>C (A Child) [2012] EWCA Civ 535</title><pubDate>10 May 2012 11:05:07 GMT</pubDate><category>judgments</category><description>Appeal by mother against findings made in care proceedings at a welfare hearing which differed from the findings made at the previous fact-finding hearing</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97730</link></item><item><title>Parents cleared of child abuse in new rickets case</title><pubDate>10 May 2012 11:03:47 GMT</pubDate><category>news</category><description>Court says that more research is needed on vitamin D deficiency and rickets 
</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97729</link></item><item><title>DfE sets out key features of Children and Families Bill </title><pubDate>09 May 2012 16:10:20 GMT</pubDate><category>news</category><description>Bill should be introduced in early 2013</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97685</link></item><item><title>New Children and Families Bill announced in Queen’s Speech</title><pubDate>09 May 2012 12:36:41 GMT</pubDate><category>news</category><description>Adoption, care proceedings and shared parenting changes to be introduced 
</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97644</link></item><item><title>Finance &amp; Divorce April Update 2012</title><pubDate>08 May 2012 10:55:24 GMT</pubDate><category>articles</category><description>Joanna Grandfield, Associate (barrister), Anna Heenan, solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills &amp;amp; Reeve LLP analyse the latest key financial remedies cases.</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97618</link></item><item><title>Equalities Minister says that same-sex marriage legislation will be enacted by 2015</title><pubDate>08 May 2012 09:56:32 GMT</pubDate><category>news</category><description>Lynne Featherstone says that there will be ‘no U-turn on equal marriage’
</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97617</link></item><item><title>Pressure on the fostering system is ‘alarming’ , says the Fostering Network </title><pubDate>08 May 2012 09:42:34 GMT</pubDate><category>news</category><description>Foster Care Fortnight begins on Monday, 14th May.</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97615</link></item><item><title>Conservative backbenchers urge the government to defer legislation on same-sex marriage</title><pubDate>07 May 2012 11:47:15 GMT</pubDate><category>news</category><description>Doubts as to whether ‘gay marriage’ will be included in the Queen’s Speech

</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97609</link></item><item><title>Yates v Yates [2012] EWCA Civ 532</title><pubDate>04 May 2012 16:26:45 GMT</pubDate><category>judgments</category><description>Appeal of a financial remedy order which had extended and capitalised spousal periodical payments. </description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97597</link></item><item><title>W (Children) [2012] EWCA Civ 528</title><pubDate>04 May 2012 11:15:50 GMT</pubDate><category>judgments</category><description>Appeal by mother in private law contact proceedings against refusal of a psychological assessment or Cafcass report and extension of interim contact, following findings of domestic violence.</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97573</link></item><item><title>Court of Appeal decides firm is entitled to its costs following suspension of its retainer</title><pubDate>04 May 2012 09:11:29 GMT</pubDate><category>news</category><description>Court finds that firm’s refusal to work until outstanding fees were paid amounted to suspension, and not termination, of its retainer 
</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97572</link></item><item><title>Cawdery Kaye Fireman &amp; Taylor v Minkin [2012] EWCA Civ 546</title><pubDate>03 May 2012 13:47:42 GMT</pubDate><category>judgments</category><description>Decision concerning the grounds which entitle a solicitor to suspend and/or terminate a solicitors’ retainer and the costs payable by the client in such an event

</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97558</link></item><item><title>Geary v Rankine [2012] EWCA Civ 555</title><pubDate>03 May 2012 13:41:53 GMT</pubDate><category>judgments</category><description>Case involving non-married cohabitants in which the Claimant unsuccessfully claimed that she had a beneficial interest in and / or that she had been a partner in, a business owned by the Defendant</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97557</link></item><item><title>E (A Child) [2012] EWCA Civ 537</title><pubDate>03 May 2012 11:25:53 GMT</pubDate><category>judgments</category><description>Appeal by mother against placement order in case linked to proceedings concerning her partner's children.</description><link>http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed97550</link></item></channel></rss>
