Family Law Archive - 2015 - Page 6

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Ruling in Brazil opens doors for same sex marriage

14th May 2015

Same sex marriage has effectively been declared legal in Brazil after the country’s National Council of Justice (NCJ) announced that notaries can no longer refuse to marry gay couples. The Council, which includes prominent lawyers and judges, voted fourteen to one in favour of the measure, which will also require notaries to... Read More

Althering a child's surname in the family law courts

13th May 2015

You only need to walk through the Central Family Court waiting room to hear disgruntled parents getting angry with their legal team regarding an intention to change the child’s surname. There are a number of situations in which this issue may arise, but the most common is when the mother wishes to change the child’s surname... Read More

Mercenary marriages of the long eighteenth century

20th April 2015

A study by the Open University has put paid to the rose-tinted spectacles view of marriage in the eighteenth century. According to historian Anne Laurence, the idea that, during this period marriages became a thing of romance – befitting the era’s association, culturally, with Romanticism – they were in fact rather mercenary.... Read More

Enforcing family financial orders

2nd April 2015

In March 2015 the Law Commission published a consultation paper entitled: 'Enforcement of Family Financial Orders'. Here is an in-depth look at its aims and recommendations. The Law Commission have put forward reforms to improve the way family financial orders are enforced more effective and more efficient. They have also suggested introducing new... Read More

Mostyn J: cost funding in private children matters

24th March 2015

Mostyn J has passed judgment in the case of MG and JG v JF EWHC 564 (Fam), awarding an order for costs funding against a father of ‘reasonable means’, and delivering a damning critique of the state of legal aid in private cases. Facts MG and JG, the applicant mothers, were civil partners. In 2005, they decided they wanted a... Read More

Modern family values clash for Elton John and Dolce & Gabbana

16th March 2015

An unlikely feud has broken out in the upper echelons of the music and fashion worlds. Veteran musician and all-round British institution Elton John launched a campaign against Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana on social media after they spoke out against gay adoptions and IVF in an interview with Italian news magazine... Read More

SafeLives says people live with domestic abuse for too long

2nd March 2015

National domestic abuse charity SafeLives has published some troubling research into the time taken for domestic violence victims to get proper help. SafeLives, which was previously known as the Co-ordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse (CAADA), focuses its work on high-risk victims. In its report entitled ‘Getting It Right First Time’, the... Read More

Working Group on Financial Remedies: Resolution responds

26th February 2015

In December 2014, the Working Group on Financial Remedies published its final report, which put forward a number of recommendations for improvement of financial remedies in family law. Resolution, a group that campaigns for improvements to the family justice system, has now taken on board the opinions of its member body and, in light of... Read More

Family courts to give children more of a voice, Justice Minister tells the FJYPB

24th February 2015

Children will be given a louder voice in the family courts as Justice Minister Simon Hughes announces plans for change. The Liberal Democrat MP, addressing the Family Justice Young People’s Board (FJYPB), outlined ways in which children and young people could be given a greater say in what happens to them in the event of any kind of family... Read More

EU regulation on mutual recognition of protection measures

5th February 2015

The EU regulation on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters is a simple construct and idea. It may provide a useful tool for parties engaged in cross border disputes. It may also be useful where parties wish to exercise their right to free movement in the EU, if, for example, they have business interests or property abroad.... Read More

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