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There are various routes by which a person can acquire parental responsibility (“PR”) for a child. But what are the options for removing or restricting PR before it automatically ends once the child reaches 18? In any case, regardless of how PR was acquired, the welfare of the child is the Court’s paramount consideration when determining whether […]
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The Family Court system is currently experiencing a sea change with respect to transparency and openness, having long been a secretive and largely misunderstood area of law. We are starting to see strides towards change with the publication of Confidence and Confidentiality: Transparency in the Family Courts. Alongside this, Mostyn J and HHJ Hess, as […]
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Understanding Controlling and Coercive Behaviour [‘CCB’] Now seems like a good time to ask ourselves, ‘has anything changed; are things better?’ Answering that question, I personally think there is more awareness and a better understanding around coercive and controlling behaviour but the profession is still struggling with being consistent in how allegations of this type […]
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Introduction Consider this thought: A parent who lives in the United Kingdom has been separated from their child who is in another country. That country is what we may call a ‘destabilised’ country in so far as it has been affected by war, a country in which its political system has come apart and a […]
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