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Children proceedings and costs: a change of heart or just small change?
Forum Shah, Partner and Sacha Lee, Associate at Dawson Cornwell LLP consider recent case law to explore whether recent cases indicate a change in approach from the court of costs orders being made more readily than previously in children proceedings or whether the court has gone ‘back to basics’ when considering whether a costs order should be made.
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Hague Convention: debate on a short film case study
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Winner at the Asian Law Awards 2025
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In Practice: Witness Statement Deadlines in Divorce: Miss Them and Miss Out
Following the case of AB v CD (2025) EWFC 253 (B) where both parties failed to comply with directions and section 25 witness statements were late, Serena Sandhu, a Senior Associate at Osbornes Solicitors Witness considers in practice statement deadlines in divorce
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Short-changed spouses, scrutiny, and settlements – what’s next after Potanina v Potanin ruling?
Following a decision that has echoed across the field of international family law Sean Hilton, a Partner, and Penny Marshall, an Associate at Stevens & Bolton ask what’s next after Potanina v Potanin ruling?
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Westgate Chambers are seeking to recruit Barristers ideally of 2+ years’ call who specialise in Public Law Children (Care Proceedings) to join our Family Team.
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Private Law Quarterly Update- September 2025
Mani Singh Basi and Josephine Moreton of 4PB provide a quarterly Private Children Law Update
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Can you take non-financial conduct into account in financial remedies upon divorce?
Oliver Burgess, Trainee Solicitor at Vardags Solicitors, considers whether non-financial misconduct, such as dishonesty or abuse, can influence financial awards on divorce under Section 25(2)(g) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973.
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£500 AlphaBiolabs donation supports grassroots West Wales charity
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Immigration, Mental Health, and the Grave Risk Defence
This article by Georgina Emerson, Senior Associate Solicitor, Ellis Jones Solicitors LLP analyses YM v ML (Article 13(b): Behaviour: Mental Health: Immigration) [2025] EWHC 2219 (Fam), a recent Hague Convention case in which the mother, represented pro bono by Ellis Jones, resisted return on the basis of domestic abuse, mental health concerns, and precarious immigration status in Australia.
Read moreIn Practice: Legal Win for Mother Left Stranded in Afghanistan After Her Children Were Abducted to the UK
Serena Sandhu, a Senior Associate at Osbornes Solicitors, considers the Court of Appeal’s ruling in S (Children: Transnational Marriage Abandonment) which widens the definition of “stranding” to protect more parents whose children are taken overseas without consent.
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The statutory framework of the remarriage trap – advising clients sufficiently
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Where do our clients now Stand(ish)
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Mediation Must Not Be Overlooked in a Child-Centred Spending Review
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Helliwell v Entwistle [2025] – lessons in prenuptial agreements
Following the recent decision in the Court of Appeal Gabrielle Read-Thomas, Senior Associate at Stowe Family Law considers the discussion of prenuptial agreements and the extent to which they should be upheld that has been ongoing in family law for years.
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The increasing relevance of nuptial agreements in family law proceedings
Kate Brett, Partner, and Sarah Walker, Senior Associate at Hughes Fowler Carruthers, examine how nuptial agreements have become an increasingly powerful tool in family law since Radmacher v Granatino [2010] UKSC 42. They discuss why uncertainty around enforceability means these agreements can be both a safeguard and, at times, a source of costly disputes.
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