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November 6, 2020 By Guest

The benefits of employers implementing a fertility treatment policy for staff

Marking National Fertility Week our colleagues in the BTO employment team summarise some of the key employment rights and guidance relating to fertility in the workplace.

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November 1, 2019 By Guest

#FertilityWeek – Employment Considerations when Creating a Family – Your Questions Answered

In celebration of National Fertility Week 2019, we ask our Fertility specialists to answer your most asked questions about all things Fertility Law. Today we are talking about what happens at work if you are undergoing fertility treatment. We speak to Employment Partner Caroline Carr about the top considerations. [Read more…] about #FertilityWeek – Employment Considerations when Creating a Family – Your Questions Answered

March 8, 2016 By Guest

Residence, Rocco and lessons from the Madonna – Guy Ritchie story

We discuss the media reporting of the custody battle between Madonna and Guy Ritchie and the limits of the courts when the child is a teenager with a free will.

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February 15, 2016 By Guest

A Clear Statement of the Law (or not)

We review a statue of the Child Support Act 1991 and remark on the difficulty for lawyers in interpreting Parliament’s intentions when the words don’t make sense.

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January 8, 2016 By Guest

Courts prepared to take a robust stance in child contact cases

A recent courageous decision from the English Court of Appeal indicated that courts nowadays can be prepared to take a robust stance in child contact cases when the parent with whom the children live refuses to obey Contact Orders.

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International adoptions

December 7, 2015 By Guest

International adoptions and the UK’s regulation

We discuss a recent judgement from the Court of Appeal which rejected the argument that a person adopted in France to French nationals now living in the UK was a family member for the purposes of entry clearance under the EEA Regulations.

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Overseas Adoption recognised at Common Law

December 4, 2015 By Guest

Overseas Adoption recognised at Common Law

In recognising that there was no reported decision in Scotland where a foreign adoption order had been recognised and registered at Common Law, Lord Brailsford granted decree at Common Law on 4th June.

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Pre-nuptial or Post-Nuptial agreements

November 19, 2015 By Guest

Pre-nuptial and Post-Nuptial agreements – sign with caution

There is a warning in a recent Inner House decision that people should be very careful about what they agree in a Pre-nuptial or Post-Nuptial agreement.

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Festival Fun

August 28, 2015 By Guest

Festival Fun

We discuss the Edinburgh Festival and the Scottish Family Law implications of some of the things which visitors may see this year.

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Collaborative Marriage Planning

February 28, 2014 By Guest

Pre-nups…The Scots have had them for ages!

The starting point in Scots Law is that pre-nuptial agreements are generally accepted as being “legally binding” (or, more accurately “enforceable by the court”).

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